Chiaga Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Chiaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Romania | 17 | 1:1,181,051 | 53,486 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Chiagă (55) are calculated separately.
Chiaga (47) may also be a first name.
Chiaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiaga is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Chiagă. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiaga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,214,709th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Chiaga reside; 48 percent reside in Central Africa and 48 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Chiaga is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 47 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 34 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 27 percent are found and Centre Region, where 26 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 37 percent are found and Romania, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Chiaga
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