Choose Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Choose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Choose (92) may also be a first name.
Choose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choose Come From? nationality or country of origin
Choose is most common in South Africa. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Choose? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Choose is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Choose reside; 27 percent reside in Southern Africa and 27 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Choose is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 92 people.
It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 83 percent are found and Gauteng, where 17 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and Thailand, where 13 percent are found.
Choose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Choose has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Choose
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis