Cheai Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Cheai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Cheai (36) may also be a first name.
Cheai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheai is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Cheai is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Cheai reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Cheai is also the 1,717,090th most numerous forename globally It is held by 36 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia Cheai is most numerous in: Kuala Lumpur, where 80 percent live and Johor, where 20 percent live. Excluding Malaysia Cheai exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 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 Cheai
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