Chihu Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Chihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 156 | 1:128,704 | 14,063 |
| Mexico | 29 | 1:4,280,214 | 27,059 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chihu (32) may also be a first name.
Chihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chihu (Hindi: चिहू) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chihu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chihu is the 1,218,745th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Chihu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Chihu live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in Romanian Europe. Chihu is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 32 people.
The last name Chihu is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 128,704. In Romania Chihu is primarily found in: Vrancea County, where 56 percent reside, Vaslui County, where 41 percent reside and Galați County, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Romania this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 15 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chihu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chihu in the Hindi language | ||
| चिहू | cihu | - |
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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
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- 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 Chihu
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