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 found most in Zambia. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Chiiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiiya is the 818,364th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiiya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiiya is also the 787,636th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 138 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 46,755. In Zambia Chiiya is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 63 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent are found and Central Province, where 9 percent are found. Aside 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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