Chowu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Chowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chowu is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chowu.
How Common Is The Last Name Chowu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chowu is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chowu are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,543,824. In Zimbabwe Chowu is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 90 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 10 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Thailand, where 8 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 Chowu
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