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 Male Chagas Height
172.54 cm
Average Female Chagas Height
159.74 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Chagas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chagas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chagas (Marathi: चागस, Russian: Чагас) is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Chágas. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chagas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,099th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 53,127 people. This last name is mostly 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 held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 646 people.
This surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 123,386 people, or 1 in 1,735. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 18 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent live and Ceará, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil it is found in 59 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 6 percent live and Portugal, where 1 percent live.
Chagas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chagas has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 3,814 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chagas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chagas surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party 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
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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 Chagas
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