Chuwah Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Chuwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 73 | 1:60,391 | 5,286 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Chuwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chuwah is most common in Liberia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chuwah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chuwah is the 1,628,521st most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chuwah are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 60,391. In Liberia it is most numerous in: River Gee County, where 78 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 21 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Cameroon, where 12 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 Chuwah
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