Chovela Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Chovela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chovela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chovela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chovela is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chovela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chovela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name Chovela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Chovela live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 962,575. In Tanzania Chovela is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 93 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 6 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Chovela
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