Chainey Surname
Approximately 1,483 people bear this surname
Chainey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 421 | 1:132,347 | 13,067 |
| United States | 399 | 1:908,418 | 68,362 |
| Canada | 378 | 1:97,475 | 10,598 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Australia | 61 | 1:442,552 | 34,724 |
| New Zealand | 56 | 1:80,863 | 11,672 |
| Wales | 38 | 1:81,435 | 6,830 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 198 | 1:123,108 | 11,637 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 131 | 1:383,349 | 28,717 |
The alternate forms: Chaîney (2) are calculated separately.
Chainey (35) may also be a first name.
Chainey Demographics
Average Chainey Salary in
United States
$47,794 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chainey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chainey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chainey is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Chaîney. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chainey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 264,069th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,914,057 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Chainey live; 52 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 35 people.
This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 421 people, or 1 in 132,347. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Hampshire, where 14 percent reside, Kent, where 12 percent reside and Dorset, where 10 percent reside. Aside from England Chainey exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 25 percent reside.
Chainey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chainey has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Chainey surname grew 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 305 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 760 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 733 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chainey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chainey surname are 15.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.82% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chainey earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 10.77% more than the national average, earning $47,794 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.2% less than the national average, earning $41,635 CAD per year.
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Chainey Reference & Research
Chaney-Cheney-Cheyne DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Chaney-Cheney-Cheyne 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
- 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 Chainey
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis