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 found most in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chayya? popularity and diffusion
Chayya is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Chayya live; 34 percent live in Southern Africa and 34 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chayya is also the 385,164th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 487 people.
The last name Chayya is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa Chayya is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 100 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside.
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
- 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 Chayya
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