Chiaye Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Chiaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chiaye (2,602) may also be a first name.
Chiaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiaye occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chiaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Chiaye reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 144,128th most commonly used forename globally, held by 2,602 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 744,233. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 65 percent live and Lagunes District, where 35 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Chiaye
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