Chwah Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Chwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Chwah (11) may also be a first name.
Chwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chwah is found most in Malaysia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chwah is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Chwah reside; 38 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 38 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia Chwah is most common in: Malacca, where 83 percent reside and Selangor, where 17 percent reside. Besides Malaysia Chwah is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 31 percent reside and Australia, 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 Chwah
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