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 occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chovela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chovela is the 2,394,033rd most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Chovela reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Chovela is most frequent 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. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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