Chimin Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Chimin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 413 | 1:428,917 | 22,160 |
| Brazil | 90 | 1:2,378,604 | 73,132 |
| French Polynesia | 68 | 1:4,129 | 932 |
| Thailand | 68 | 1:1,038,799 | 157,648 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Chimin (7,649) may also be a first name.
Chimin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimin (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﻨﻰ, Marathi: िचिमन, Oriya: ଚିମିନ, Russian: Чимин) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 476,893rd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Chimin live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chimin is also the 73,197th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 7,649 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 413 people, or 1 in 428,917. In Nigeria Chimin is most common in: Benue, where 91 percent live, Nasarawa, where 4 percent live and Taraba, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent live and French Polynesia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chimin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chimin in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﻨﻰ | shmny | - |
| Chimin in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିମିନ | cimina | - |
| Chimin in the Marathi language | ||
| िचिमन | icimana | - |
| Chimin in the Russian language | ||
| Чимин | cimin | - |
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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 Chimin
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