Chwaya Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Chwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 405 | 1:130,720 | 12,231 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Chwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chwaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﻮﻳﻪ) is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chwaya? popularity and diffusion
Chwaya is the 708,658th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chwaya live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Chwaya is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 405 people, or 1 in 130,720. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Pwani Region, where 54 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 27 percent reside and Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent reside and Tunisia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chwaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chwaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﻮﻳﻪ | ashwyh | - |
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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
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- 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 Chwaya
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