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
Chovela is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chovela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Chovela are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Chovela is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 962,575. In Tanzania Chovela is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 93 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live and Pwani Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 3 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 Chovela
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