Chiem Surname
Approximately 4,512 people bear this surname
Chiem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2,949 | 1:31,416 | 456 |
| United States | 976 | 1:371,372 | 32,921 |
| Canada | 156 | 1:236,190 | 22,564 |
| Australia | 146 | 1:184,902 | 18,557 |
| France | 124 | 1:535,667 | 73,425 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Chiêm (1) are calculated separately.
Chiem (2,391) may also be a first name.
Chiem Demographics
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Chiem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiem has its highest incidence in Vietnam. It can appear as a variant: Chiêm. Click here for other potential spellings of Chiem.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 104,076th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,615,148 people. Chiem occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Chiem are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 65 percent are found in Viet-Asia. It is also the 151,818th most numerous first name globally, held by 2,391 people.
The last name Chiem is most frequently occurring in Vietnam, where it is held by 2,949 people, or 1 in 31,416. In Vietnam Chiem is mostly found in: Mekong River Delta, where 57 percent are found, Southeast, where 32 percent are found and Red River Delta, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Vietnam this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Chiem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Chiem are 20.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 74.03% registered with the political party.
The amount Chiem earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 16.95% less than the national average, earning 287,420 kr per year; in Vietnam they earn 21.26% less than the national average, earning 64,911,200 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 19.8% more than the national average, earning $51,692 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.55% more than the national average, earning $52,936 CAD 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
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