Chiew Surname
Approximately 11,103 people bear this surname
Chiew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 9,101 | 1:3,241 | 489 |
| Singapore | 710 | 1:7,757 | 452 |
| Australia | 203 | 1:132,984 | 14,423 |
| Brunei | 201 | 1:2,083 | 374 |
| Thailand | 201 | 1:351,435 | 61,187 |
| Hong Kong | 155 | 1:47,326 | 847 |
| United States | 130 | 1:2,788,146 | 165,890 |
| Canada | 121 | 1:304,509 | 28,133 |
| Philippines | 121 | 1:836,680 | 78,497 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Chiew (17,606) may also be a first name.
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Chiew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiew Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiew is found most in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiew? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 46,687th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 656,358 people. The last name Chiew is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Chiew reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 84 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Chiew is also the 41,481st most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 17,606 people.
This surname is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 9,101 people, or 1 in 3,241. In Malaysia Chiew is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 26 percent are found, Sarawak, where 17 percent are found and Johor, where 13 percent are found. Besides Malaysia Chiew occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
Chiew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Chiew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chiew last name expanded 765 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chiew Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chiew last name are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.63% being registered with the party.
The amount Chiew earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.06% more than the national average, earning $44,901 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.28% more than the national average, earning $52,308 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
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- 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 Chiew
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