Chooya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Chooya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chooya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chooya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chooya (Bengali: চোওয়া, Russian: Чооя) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chooya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Chooya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chooya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chooya is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,641,654. In Zambia Chooya is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 83 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia it is found in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chooya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chooya in the Bengali language | ||
| চোওয়া | co'oya | - |
| Chooya in the Russian language | ||
| Чооя | cooa | - |
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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
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- 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 Chooya
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