Chorwa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Chorwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 166 | 1:318,925 | 24,177 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Chorwa Demographics
Chorwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chorwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chorwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chorwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chorwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,295,379th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. Chorwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chorwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 318,925. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania Chorwa exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live.
Chorwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Chorwa
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