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 found most in Tanzania. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chwaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 708,658th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chwaya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 405 people, or 1 in 130,720. In Tanzania Chwaya is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 54 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 27 percent live and Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent live and Tunisia, where 1 percent live.
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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