Chihai Surname
Approximately 2,028 people bear this surname
Chihai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 1,729 | 1:2,060 | 250 |
| Romania | 280 | 1:71,707 | 8,562 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Chihaï (1) are calculated separately.
Chihai (4,554) may also be a first name.
Chihai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chihai occurs in Moldova more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Chihaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihai is the 204,758th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,593,464 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Chihai live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe. Chihai is also the 101,858th most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 4,554 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Moldova, where it is borne by 1,729 people, or 1 in 2,060. In Moldova Chihai is primarily concentrated in: Chișinău Municipality, where 20 percent are found, Cantemir District, where 19 percent are found and Ialoveni District, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Moldova it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 14 percent are found and Russia, where 0 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 Chihai
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