Chiaa Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Chiaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Mauritania | 82 | 1:49,937 | 3,683 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Chiaa (38) may also be a first name.
Chiaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiaa (Arabic: الصيعي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻌﻪ) has its highest incidence in Morocco. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chiaa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 937,786th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiaa reside; 61 percent reside in North Africa and 61 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 38 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Excluding Morocco Chiaa is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻌﻪ | alshyh | 63.41 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻌﺔ | alshyt | 26.83 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻳﻊ | alshay | 2.44 |
| ﺃﺷﻴﻌﻪ | ashyh | 2.44 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻊ | alshy | 2.44 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻌﻴﻪ | alshyh | 2.44 |
| Chiaa in the Arabic language | ||
| الصيعي | alsyy | - |
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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 Chiaa
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