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 is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihiya is the 651,048th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihiya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 21 people.
The last name Chihiya is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 424 people, or 1 in 36,411. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 29 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 18 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 8 percent are found and The United States, 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 Chihiya
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