Chihana Surname
Approximately 11,445 people bear this surname
Chihana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 10,195 | 1:1,679 | 179 |
| Zambia | 1,123 | 1:14,114 | 1,618 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Chihana (49) may also be a first name.
Chihana Demographics
Average Chihana Salary in
South Africa
R 78,744
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chihana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihana (Arabic: شيحيني, Hindi: चिहाना) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,344th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 636,745 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 49 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 10,195 people, or 1 in 1,679. Excluding Malawi Chihana exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
Chihana Last Name Statistics demography
Chihana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.86% less than the national average, earning R 78,744 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chihana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chihana in the Hindi language | ||
| चिहाना | cihana | 85.71 |
| चिहना | cihana | 14.29 |
| Chihana in the Arabic language | ||
| شيحيني | shyhyny | - |
| شيحاني | shyhany | - |
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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 Chihana
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