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) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chimah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chimah is the 646,966th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 15,571,679 people. Chimah is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Chimah are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chimah is also the 1,134,117th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 73 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria Chimah is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 18 percent are found, Abia, where 15 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
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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