Chovu Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Chovu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 131 | 1:352,518 | 20,779 |
| South Africa | 82 | 1:660,704 | 48,422 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chovu (31) may also be a first name.
Chovu Demographics
Chovu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chovu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chovu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chovu has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chovu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,055,483rd most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname Chovu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chovu live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chovu is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name globally, borne by 31 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 352,518. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 91 percent are found, Kwale County, where 7 percent are found and Busia County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Chovu exists in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 35 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Chovu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Chovu last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Chovu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.69% less than the national average, earning R 107,664 per year.
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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 Chovu
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