Tchuwa Surname
Approximately 3,748 people bear this surname
Tchuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,738 | 1:4,580 | 638 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tchuwa (116) may also be a first name.
Tchuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchuwa has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 122,089th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,944,383 people. The surname Tchuwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchuwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tchuwa is also the 868,627th most widespread first name globally, borne by 116 people.
The surname Tchuwa is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 3,738 people, or 1 in 4,580. Aside from Malawi Tchuwa exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Tchuwa
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