Chayah Surname
Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname
Chayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 790 | 1:10,832 | 1,658 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chayah (25,361) may also be a first name.
Chayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chayah is held by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chayah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 361,698th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,287,546 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Chayah are found; 80 percent are found in West Asia and 79 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Chayah is also the 31,658th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 25,361 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Israel, where it is held by 790 people, or 1 in 10,832. In Israel Chayah is primarily concentrated in: Central District, where 29 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 19 percent are found and Southern District, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Israel this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chayah
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