Chacaj Surname
Approximately 3,846 people bear this surname
Chacaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 3,814 | 1:4,217 | 610 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Chačaj (1) are calculated separately.
Chacaj Demographics
Average Chacaj Salary in
United States
$30,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chacaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chacaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chacaj occurs more in Guatemala more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Chačaj. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chacaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 119,494th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,894,838 people. Chacaj occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Chacaj live; 99 percent live in Central America and 99 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The surname Chacaj is most frequently held in Guatemala, where it is held by 3,814 people, or 1 in 4,217. In Guatemala Chacaj is primarily found in: Quiché Department, where 60 percent are found, Suchitepéquez Department, where 11 percent are found and Chimaltenango Department, where 10 percent are found. Not including Guatemala Chacaj exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Mexico, where 0 percent are found.
Chacaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chacaj surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
Chacaj earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.31% less than the national average, earning $30,500 USD per year.
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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 Chacaj
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