Chouraya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chouraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chouraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chouraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chouraya (Hindi: चौरया) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chouraya? popularity and diffusion
Chouraya is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Chouraya reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chouraya is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 3,859,560. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Bulawayo Province, where 25 percent are found, Harare Province, where 25 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Swaziland, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chouraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chouraya in the Hindi language | ||
| चौरया | cauraya | - |
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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 Chouraya
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