Chanias Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Chanias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 220 | 1:50,363 | 8,308 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chanias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanias Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanias is found most in Greece. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanias? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,064,392nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Chanias live; 94 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The last name Chanias is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 220 people, or 1 in 50,363. In Greece Chanias is primarily found in: Peloponnese, where 66 percent live, Attica, where 24 percent live and Western Greece, where 8 percent live. Aside from Greece this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chanias
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