Chimah Surname
Approximately 468 people bear this surname
Chimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 247 | 1:717,177 | 32,914 |
| Indonesia | 132 | 1:1,001,888 | 73,451 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Chimah (73) may also be a first name.
Chimah Demographics
Average Chimah Salary in
United States
$41,978 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimah (Marathi: िचमः) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimah? popularity and diffusion
Chimah is the 646,966th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. The surname Chimah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Chimah live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 73 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria Chimah is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 18 percent live, Abia, where 15 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Chimah Last Name Statistics demography
Chimah earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.71% less than the national average, earning $41,978 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chimah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chimah in the Marathi language | ||
| िचमः | icamah | 66.67 |
| चीमा | cima | 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
- 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 Chimah
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