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 surname Chaima (Bengali: চাইমা, Hindi: चैमा, Marathi: चैमा, Oriya: ଚଇମା) is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Chaîma or Chaïma. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chaima is the 44,073rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 618,270 people. Chaima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Chaima live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chaima is also the 56,149th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 11,383 people.
The surname Chaima is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 7,790 people, or 1 in 2,198. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 20 percent live and Morocco, where 4 percent live.
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
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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 Chaima
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