Cheya Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Cheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 147 | 1:105,022 | 14,642 |
| Thailand | 111 | 1:636,381 | 107,695 |
| Tanzania | 62 | 1:853,897 | 43,657 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Cheya (257) may also be a first name.
Cheya Demographics
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Cheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻪ, Hindi: चेया, Marathi: छेया, Oriya: େଚୟା, Russian: Чея) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cheya.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheya is the 707,442nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The surname Cheya is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Cheya live; 36 percent live in Southern Africa and 36 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 555,528th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 257 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 105,022. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 38 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe Cheya is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 27 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.
Cheya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Cheya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Cheya earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning $52,021 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheya in the Hindi language | ||
| चेया | ceya | - |
| Cheya in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚୟା | ecaya | - |
| Cheya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻪ | shyh | 63.16 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻪ | alshyh | 15.79 |
| ﺷﻴﺔ | shyt | 5.26 |
| ﺷﻴﺎﻩ | shyah | 5.26 |
| ﺷﻲ | shy | 5.26 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﺔ | ashyt | 5.26 |
| Cheya in the Marathi language | ||
| छेया | cheya | 33.33 |
| छाया | chaya | 33.33 |
| चेया | ceya | 33.33 |
| Cheya in the Russian language | ||
| Чея | cea | - |
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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 Cheya
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