Chikaya Surname
Approximately 869 people bear this surname
Chikaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 680 | 1:25,175 | 3,828 |
| Zambia | 108 | 1:146,759 | 10,610 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chikaya (74) may also be a first name.
Chikaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikaya (Hindi: चिकया, Marathi: चीकाया) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 403,615th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,386,129 people. The last name Chikaya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikaya live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 74 people.
The last name Chikaya is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Apart from Malawi Chikaya occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 12 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chikaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chikaya in the Hindi language | ||
| चिकया | cikaya | - |
| Chikaya in the Marathi language | ||
| चीकाया | cikaya | 66.67 |
| चीकया | cikaya | 33.33 |
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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 Chikaya
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