Chuwo Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chuwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chuwo (4) may also be a first name.
Chuwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chuwo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuwo? popularity and diffusion
Chuwo is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chuwo live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chuwo is also the 6,192,526th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 4 people.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Chuwo is primarily found in: Kwale County, where 50 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Chuwo occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Chuwo
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