Chandiya Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Chandiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 163 | 1:4,705,923 | 120,533 |
| Uganda | 78 | 1:500,504 | 28,682 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chandiya (1,872) may also be a first name.
Chandiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chandiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chandiya (Bengali: চন্ডীয়া, Hindi: चन्दिया, Marathi: चांदीया) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chandiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chandiya is the 899,940th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Chandiya are found; 62 percent are found in South Asia and 52 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chandiya is also the 175,887th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,872 people.
The last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 4,705,923. In India it is most common in: Madhya Pradesh, where 45 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 12 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 11 percent reside. Other than India Chandiya is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 26 percent reside and Pakistan, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chandiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chandiya in the Bengali language | ||
| চন্ডীয়া | candiya | 50 |
| চান্দিয়া | candiya | 25 |
| চাঁদিয়া | camdiya | 25 |
| Chandiya in the Marathi language | ||
| चांदीया | candiya | 36.36 |
| चांडीया | candiya | 36.36 |
| चंदीया | candiya | 18.18 |
| चन्दीया | candiya | 4.55 |
| चंडीया | candiya | 4.55 |
| Chandiya in the Hindi language | ||
| चन्दिया | candiya | 34.5 |
| चन्दीया | candiya | 18.6 |
| चंदिया | candiya | 18.22 |
| चांदिया | candiya | 16.67 |
| चंदीया | candiya | 3.1 |
| चांदीया | candiya | 2.71 |
| चन्दीय | candiya | 1.94 |
| चान्दिया | candiya | 1.55 |
| चान्दीया | candiya | 1.16 |
| चाँदिया | camdiya | 0.39 |
| चनदेइया | canade'iya | 0.39 |
| चंडीया | candiya | 0.39 |
| चन्दिय | candiya | 0.39 |
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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 Chandiya
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