Chiama Surname
Approximately 988 people bear this surname
Chiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 502 | 1:352,874 | 19,032 |
| Argentina | 180 | 1:237,463 | 19,337 |
| Italy | 134 | 1:456,393 | 48,240 |
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Chiama (65) may also be a first name.
Chiama Demographics
Average Chiama Salary in
United States
$85,800 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiama is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiama? popularity and diffusion
Chiama is the 365,146th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,376,059 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Chiama reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequent given name in the world, held by 65 people.
Chiama is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria Chiama is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 56 percent reside, Lagos, where 9 percent reside and Abia, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Chiama exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 18 percent reside and Italy, where 14 percent reside.
Chiama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Chiama surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Chiama earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 98.85% more than the national average, earning $85,800 USD per year.
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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 Chiama
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