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
The surname Chiaye has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Chiaye are found; 33 percent are found in Central Africa and 33 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Chiaye is also the 144,128th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 2,602 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 744,233. In The Ivory Coast Chiaye is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 65 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 35 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 4 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 Chiaye
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