Chouwa Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Chouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chouwa (148) may also be a first name.
Chouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chouwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chouwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chouwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chouwa is the 2,293,424th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chouwa are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 757,758th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 148 people.
Chouwa is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 48 percent live, Centre Region, where 38 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent live and Bangladesh, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chouwa
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