Chimayi Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Chimayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Chimayi (23) may also be a first name.
Chimayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimayi (Oriya: ଚିନୟୀ) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimayi is the 996,001st most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chimayi live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chimayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chimayi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିନୟୀ | cinayi | 66.67 |
| ଚିମୟୀ | cimayi | 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 Chimayi
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