Chiiya Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Chiiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 339 | 1:46,755 | 4,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Chiiya (138) may also be a first name.
Chiiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiiya is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chiiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiiya is the 818,364th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name Chiiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiiya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiiya is also the 787,636th most common forename on earth, held by 138 people.
The surname Chiiya is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 46,755. In Zambia Chiiya is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 63 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent are found and Central Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, 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 Chiiya
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