Cheeya Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Cheeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Cheeya (12) may also be a first name.
Cheeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheeya is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheeya is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Cheeya live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 587,034. In Zambia Cheeya is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 63 percent reside, Central Province, where 30 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent reside. Not including Zambia Cheeya occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and Pakistan, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Cheeya
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