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།) is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chuwa is the 27,028th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 366,651 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chuwa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 315,345th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 688 people.
The last name Chuwa is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 19,166 people, or 1 in 2,762. In Tanzania Chuwa is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 41 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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