Chihiya Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Chihiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 424 | 1:36,411 | 5,628 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chihiya (21) may also be a first name.
Chihiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chihiya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 651,048th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name Chihiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihiya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chihiya is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 21 people.
The last name Chihiya is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 36,411. In Zimbabwe Chihiya is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 29 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 18 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and The United States, 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 Chihiya
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