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
Cheeya is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheeya? popularity and diffusion
Cheeya is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Cheeya are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Cheeya is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 587,034. In Zambia Cheeya is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 63 percent live, Central Province, where 30 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent live. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 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 Cheeya
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