Cheyah Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Cheyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Cheyah (24) may also be a first name.
Cheyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Cheyah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheyah? popularity and diffusion
Cheyah is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Cheyah is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Cheyah reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous forename in the world It is held by 24 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 93 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 7 percent live. Not including Mauritania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 31 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺎﻩ | shyah | - |
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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 Cheyah
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