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 surname Chayah is borne by more people in Israel than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chayah is the 361,698th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,287,546 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Chayah live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 79 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 31,658th most common first name worldwide, borne by 25,361 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Israel, where it is borne by 790 people, or 1 in 10,832. In Israel Chayah is most frequent in: Central District, where 29 percent live, Tel Aviv District, where 19 percent live and Southern District, where 15 percent live. Beside Israel it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, 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 Chayah
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