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
The surname Chouraya (Hindi: चौरया) is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chouraya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chouraya is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Chouraya live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 3,859,560. In Zimbabwe Chouraya is most frequent in: Bulawayo Province, where 25 percent reside, Harare Province, where 25 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 25 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Swaziland, where 13 percent reside.
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
- 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 Chouraya
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