Chieff Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Chieff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Chieff Demographics
Average Chieff Salary in
South Africa
R 95,856
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chieff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chieff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chieff occurs most in South Africa. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chieff? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chieff is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Chieff reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,083,758. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Chieff Last Name Statistics demography
Chieff earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.66% less than the national average, earning R 95,856 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 Chieff
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