Chieve Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Chieve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Chieve (19) may also be a first name.
Chieve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chieve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chieve is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chieve? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chieve is the 1,746,159th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. Chieve occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chieve live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria Chieve is mostly found in: Benue, where 64 percent live, Taraba, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Chieve is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and China, where 1 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 Chieve
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