Chagas Surname
Approximately 137,172 people bear this surname
Chagas Surname User-submission:
A Brazilian surname without an official historic origin.
Chagas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 123,386 | 1:1,735 | 182 |
| Angola | 8,676 | 1:3,111 | 484 |
| Portugal | 1,802 | 1:5,781 | 574 |
| Uruguay | 1,450 | 1:2,367 | 280 |
| Argentina | 556 | 1:76,877 | 6,523 |
| Philippines | 420 | 1:241,043 | 36,488 |
| United States | 267 | 1:1,357,524 | 94,287 |
| France | 121 | 1:548,948 | 74,759 |
| Benin | 105 | 1:98,434 | 11,231 |
| Spain | 105 | 1:445,257 | 23,393 |
| Canada | 59 | 1:624,502 | 51,218 |
| England | 43 | 1:1,295,769 | 58,667 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Cape Verde | 4 | 1:132,410 | 4,291 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Chágas (1) are calculated separately.
Chagas (646) may also be a first name.
Chagas Surname Meaning
Chagas Demographics
Average Chagas Salary in
United States
$43,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chagas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chagas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chagas (Marathi: चागस, Russian: Чагас) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may occur as: Chágas. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chagas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,099th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,127 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Chagas are found; 91 percent are found in South America and 90 percent are found in Luso-South America. Chagas is also the 327,050th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 646 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 123,386 people, or 1 in 1,735. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 18 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent are found and Ceará, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Brazil it occurs in 59 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 6 percent are found and Portugal, where 1 percent are found.
Chagas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chagas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,814 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chagas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chagas surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Chagas earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 23.21% more than the national average, earning $27,972,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.59% more than the national average, earning $43,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.69% more than the national average, earning $64,432 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chagas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chagas in the Marathi language | ||
| चागस | cagasa | 87.5 |
| छागस | chagasa | 12.5 |
| Chagas in the Russian language | ||
| Чагас | cagas | - |
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Chagas Reference & Research
Chagas Family Tree D DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Chagas Family Tree D FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Chagas
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