Chowang Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Chowang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 185 | 1:381,829 | 67,077 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chowang (103) may also be a first name.
Chowang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chowang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chowang (Tibetan: ཆོས་དབང་།) occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chowang.
How Common Is The Last Name Chowang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chowang is the 1,173,425th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chowang live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Tai-Asia. Chowang is also the 930,172nd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 103 people.
The surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 381,829. In Thailand Chowang is mostly found in: Satun Province, where 88 percent are found, Yala Province, where 10 percent are found and Bangkok, where 1 percent are found. Not including Thailand Chowang is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chowang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chowang in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་དབང་། | chöwang | - |
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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 Chowang
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