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 surname Chuwah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuwah? popularity and diffusion
Chuwah is the 1,628,521st most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chuwah live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 60,391. In Liberia it is most frequent 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. Besides Liberia Chuwah occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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