Cheia Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Cheia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 100 | 1:200,779 | 20,025 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Cheia (44) may also be a first name.
Cheia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheia (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻌﺔ, Oriya: େଚଇଆ) is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheia is the 1,305,105th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname Cheia is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Cheia live; 59 percent live in Eastern Europe and 59 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 44 people.
The last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 200,779. In Romania Cheia is most common in: Mureș County, where 52 percent live and Suceava County, where 48 percent live. Barring Romania this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 16 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheia in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚଇଆ | eca'i'a | - |
| Cheia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻌﺔ | alshyt | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻳﻌﻪ | alshayh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﺋﻌﻪ | alshayh | 16.67 |
| ﺷﻮﻳﻊ | shwy | 16.67 |
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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 Cheia
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