Chaya Surname
Approximately 11,524 people bear this surname
Chaya Surname Definition:
Chaya is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a departure (of a bad omen).
Chaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,375 | 1:227,279 | 13,377 |
| Algeria | 1,046 | 1:36,933 | 6,711 |
| Thailand | 1,035 | 1:68,250 | 8,804 |
| Zimbabwe | 733 | 1:21,062 | 3,140 |
| Japan | 698 | 1:183,158 | 8,566 |
| Zambia | 677 | 1:23,412 | 2,512 |
| Niger | 671 | 1:28,602 | 1,643 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| United States | 452 | 1:801,900 | 61,806 |
| Argentina | 337 | 1:126,835 | 10,735 |
| Tanzania | 322 | 1:164,415 | 14,613 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Venezuela | 193 | 1:156,498 | 4,745 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| France | 114 | 1:582,655 | 77,962 |
| United Arab Emirates | 80 | 1:114,528 | 9,720 |
| Russia | 77 | 1:1,871,728 | 119,355 |
| Guinea | 63 | 1:187,838 | 982 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Peru | 36 | 1:882,892 | 18,060 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Colombia | 22 | 1:2,171,549 | 12,645 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Chaya (81,618) may also be a first name.
Chaya Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chaya is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a departure (of a bad omen).
Chaya Demographics
Average Chaya Salary in
United States
$45,685 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaya (Arabic: تشايع, Bengali: ছায়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻳﻌﻪ, Hindi: छाया, Marathi: छाया, Oriya: ଚୟା, Russian: Чая, Tibetan: ཕྱ་ཡ་) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaya? popularity and diffusion
Chaya is the 45,045th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 632,380 people. The surname Chaya occurs mostly in Asia, where 51 percent of Chaya are found; 34 percent are found in South Asia and 29 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chaya is also the 12,166th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 81,618 people.
Chaya is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 3,375 people, or 1 in 227,279. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 83 percent live, Telangana, where 5 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent live. Outside of India this surname is found in 69 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 9 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.
Chaya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chaya surname are 2.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.42% being registered with the political party.
The amount Chaya earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 32.03% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,176 per year; in South Africa they earn 29.72% less than the national average, earning R 167,004 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.66% less than the national average, earning $19,146,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.88% more than the national average, earning $45,685 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.15% more than the national average, earning $57,212 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaya in the Marathi language | ||
| छाया | chaya | 93.45 |
| चाया | caya | 4.5 |
| चया | caya | 0.18 |
| छया | chaya | 0.13 |
| धाया | dhaya | 0.07 |
| छांया | chanya | 0.05 |
| घाया | ghaya | 0.04 |
| छाया़ | chaya | 0.04 |
| छाय | chaya | 0.03 |
| चाय | caya | 0.02 |
| छायाा | chayaa | 0.01 |
| च्याय | cyaya | 0.01 |
| च्यया | cyaya | 0.01 |
| छाय़ा | chaya | 0.01 |
| क्छया | kchaya | 0.01 |
| छापा | chapa | 0.01 |
| छायां | chayam | 0.01 |
| झाया | jhaya | 0.01 |
| Chaya in the Bengali language | ||
| ছায়া | chaya | 89.32 |
| ছায়ারানী | chayarani | 8.31 |
| চায়া | caya | 0.59 |
| ছাযা | chaya | 0.59 |
| চয় | caya | 0.3 |
| Chaya in the Hindi language | ||
| छाया | chaya | 88.33 |
| चाया | caya | 7.5 |
| चया | caya | 2.08 |
| चाय | caya | 0.83 |
| चईया | ca'iya | 0.42 |
| क्षया | ksaya | 0.42 |
| Chaya in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕྱ་ཡ་ | chaya | 50 |
| ཆ་་ཡ་ | chaya | 50 |
| Chaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୟା | caya | 44.26 |
| ଚାୟା | caya | 26.23 |
| ଛାୟା | chaya | 19.67 |
| ଛାୟ | chaya | 1.64 |
| ଚଇଆ | ca'i'a | 1.64 |
| ଛୟା | chaya | 1.64 |
| ଚୟ | caya | 1.64 |
| ଚାୟ | caya | 1.64 |
| Chaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻳﻌﻪ | alshayh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻳﻌﺔ | alshayt | 23.81 |
| ﺷﺎﻳﻪ | shayh | 21.43 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻳﻊ | alshay | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻳﻪ | alshayh | 4.76 |
| ﺷﺎﻱ | shay | 4.76 |
| ﺷﺎﻳﻊ | shay | 2.38 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﺋﻴﻌﻪ | alshayyh | 2.38 |
| Chaya in the Russian language | ||
| Чая | caa | - |
| Chaya in the Arabic language | ||
| تشايع | tshay | - |
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