Echawah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Echawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Echawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Echawah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echawah? popularity and diffusion
Echawah is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Echawah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Echawah are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Echawah is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Echawah is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 67 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echawa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Achawah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Etchawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Echawad | 86 | 1 | / |
| Achawuah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yechawad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Echewa | 77 | 149 | / |
| Achawa | 77 | 17 | / |
| Echava | 77 | 7 | / |
| Hecawa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ichawa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Echaba | 77 | 7 | / |
| Echowa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ezhawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Etchaba | 71 | 49 | / |
| Achavah | 71 | 25 | / |
| Echavas | 71 | 22 | / |
| Echavaz | 71 | 15 | / |
| Echavai | 71 | 11 | / |
| Echahba | 71 | 10 | / |
| Etchawo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Achewah | 71 | 5 | / |
| Echaboh | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ezeawah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ochauwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ejhavah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Achowah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hachawa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ichaswa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Eschowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Achawua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Echowai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Echoywa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eusawah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ecava | 67 | 14,562 | / |
| Ezawa | 67 | 6,556 | / |
| Yechavad | 67 | 57 | / |
| Esawa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ecowa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jaichawa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Echaveaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etchouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etchawou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gichaway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Echawah
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