Chijah Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Chijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
Chijah (10) may also be a first name.
Chijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chijah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chijah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. Chijah occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Chijah live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chijah is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.
Chijah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 40 percent reside, Kano, where 30 percent reside and Benue, where 13 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 46 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 Chijah
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