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 is most common in Moldova. It can appear as: Chihaï. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 204,758th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,593,464 people. The surname Chihai occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Chihai are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 101,858th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 4,554 people.
Chihai is most common in Moldova, where it is carried by 1,729 people, or 1 in 2,060. In Moldova Chihai is most frequent in: Chișinău Municipality, where 20 percent reside, Cantemir District, where 19 percent reside and Ialoveni District, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Moldova Chihai occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 14 percent reside and Russia, where 0 percent reside.
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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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