Chaima Surname
Approximately 11,787 people bear this surname
Chaima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 7,790 | 1:2,198 | 263 |
| Thailand | 2,341 | 1:30,174 | 2,976 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Zimbabwe | 478 | 1:32,298 | 4,992 |
| Zambia | 175 | 1:90,571 | 7,461 |
| Tunisia | 107 | 1:5,707 | 913 |
| Chile | 96 | 1:183,505 | 5,943 |
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| Algeria | 59 | 1:654,772 | 39,984 |
| Argentina | 48 | 1:890,488 | 57,418 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Chaîma (1) & Chaïma (1) are calculated separately.
Chaima (11,383) may also be a first name.
Chaima Demographics
Average Chaima Salary in
South Africa
R 231,528
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chaima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chaima (Bengali: চাইমা, Hindi: चैमा, Marathi: चैमा, Oriya: ଚଇମା) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Chaîma or Chaïma. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chaima is the 44,073rd most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 618,270 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Chaima reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 56,149th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 11,383 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 7,790 people, or 1 in 2,198. Besides Malawi this surname exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 20 percent reside and Morocco, where 4 percent reside.
Chaima Last Name Statistics demography
Chaima earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.57% less than the national average, earning R 231,528 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaima in the Bengali language | ||
| চাইমা | ca'ima | - |
| Chaima in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚଇମା | ca'ima | - |
| Chaima in the Marathi language | ||
| चैमा | caima | 50 |
| चमा | cama | 50 |
| Chaima in the Hindi language | ||
| चैमा | caima | 42.86 |
| चईमा | ca'ima | 28.57 |
| चीमा | cima | 14.29 |
| चइमा | ca'ima | 14.29 |
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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 Chaima
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