El Chawa Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

El Chawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Chawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger151:1,279,46826,841
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

El Chawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Chawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Chawa occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Chawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. El Chawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of El Chawa are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Chadic Africa.

It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,279,468. In Niger El Chawa is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 93 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Chaway942/
El Hawa933,341/
El Hawat881,436/
El Hawaj88359/
El Shawa88226/
El Khawa8810/
El Hawai881/
El Hawash82220/
El Shawwa8210/
El Shawah829/
El Chaabi826/
El Hawatt824/
El Khawah824/
El Hawait824/
El Khawaj822/
El Chaaby821/
El Hawi804,838/
El Jawa80275/
El Hawy80275/
El Sawa80249/
El-Hawa807/
El Haba801/
El Shahway784/
El Chawish781/
El Chaaibi781/
El Sawah751,714/
El Haiba75932/
El Hawij75610/
El Shaba75243/
El-Shawa75127/
El Sawai7534/
El Zahwa7510/
El-Hawat756/
El Hayba755/
El Jawaa754/
El Howay754/
El Saawa754/
El Zawaj754/
El Haiwi754/
El Sawad752/
El Sawat752/
El Habah751/
El Zawaa751/
El Sawas751/
El Habay751/
El Havat751/
El Hatva751/
El Shabah7113,393/
El Sawwah714,271/
El-Hawash717/
El-Chaabi716/
El Jahawi714/
El Shaiba714/
El-Hashwa714/
El-Hawwat713/
El Habahy712/
El Chabou711/
El Shobaa711/
El Chovai711/
El Khaiva711/
El-Khawga711/
El Shaabou67734/
El Habi67487/
El Saba67307/
El-Hawi67167/
El Haby67123/
El Chaibou67117/
El-Khawaja6710/
El-Hawy674/
El Haouhay671/
El Habo671/
El Chaybou671/
El-Chahabi671/
El-Sawa671/
El Hoba671/
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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 El Chawa
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