Chiji Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Chiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 239 | 1:741,183 | 33,732 |
| Japan | 139 | 1:919,743 | 19,308 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiji (4,533) may also be a first name.
Chiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiji (Bengali: চিজি, Hindi: चीजी) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 722,496th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Chiji reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chiji is also the 102,150th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 4,533 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 741,183. In Nigeria Chiji is most frequent in: Enugu, where 24 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Plateau, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 34 percent live and Afghanistan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiji in the Bengali language | ||
| চিজি | ciji | 83.33 |
| চিজী | ciji | 16.67 |
| Chiji in the Hindi language | ||
| चीजी | ciji | 60 |
| चिजी | ciji | 40 |
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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 Chiji
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