Chayya Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Chayya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chayya (487) may also be a first name.
Chayya Demographics
Average Chayya Salary in
South Africa
R 148,140
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chayya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chayya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chayya (Bengali: ছায়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺎﻳﻪ, Hindi: चय्या, Marathi: छाया, Russian: Чайя) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chayya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. Chayya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Chayya reside; 34 percent reside in Southern Africa and 34 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chayya is also the 385,164th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 487 people.
Chayya is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 100 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 16 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live.
Chayya Last Name Statistics demography
Chayya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.66% less than the national average, earning R 148,140 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chayya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chayya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺎﻳﻪ | shayh | - |
| Chayya in the Bengali language | ||
| ছায়া | chaya | - |
| Chayya in the Marathi language | ||
| छाया | chaya | 96.5 |
| छया | chaya | 0.5 |
| छगन | chagana | 0.5 |
| छायया | chayaya | 0.5 |
| छाय | chaya | 0.5 |
| छांया | chanya | 0.5 |
| Chayya in the Hindi language | ||
| चय्या | cayya | 66.67 |
| चाय्या | cayya | 33.33 |
| Chayya in the Russian language | ||
| Чайя | caja | - |
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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 Chayya
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