Chovez Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Chovez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 10 | 1:1,152,272 | 6,837 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Chóvez (9) are calculated separately.
Chovez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chovez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chovez is borne by more people in Cuba than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Chóvez. For other possible spellings of Chovez click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chovez? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Chovez reside; 71 percent reside in Caribbean and 71 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.
This last name is most commonly used in Cuba, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,152,272. In Cuba it is mostly concentrated in: Havana, where 90 percent reside and Villa Clara Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Cuba Chovez is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Colombia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Chovez
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