Chuwa Surname
Approximately 19,876 people bear this surname
Chuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 19,166 | 1:2,762 | 381 |
| Thailand | 163 | 1:433,364 | 75,990 |
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Bhutan | 7 | 1:88,006 | 800 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Chuwa (688) may also be a first name.
Chuwa Demographics
Average Chuwa Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chuwa (Tibetan: ཆུང་བ།) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,028th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 366,651 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chuwa are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chuwa is also the 315,345th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 688 people.
The surname Chuwa is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 19,166 people, or 1 in 2,762. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 41 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live and Arusha Region, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 33 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Chuwa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chuwa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 86.64% less than the national average, earning R 31,740 per year and in United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chuwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chuwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆུང་བ། | chungwa | - |
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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 Chuwa
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