Chiniah Surname
Approximately 630 people bear this surname
Chiniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 533 | 1:2,427 | 399 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Chiniah (17) may also be a first name.
Chiniah Demographics
Average Chiniah Salary in
Canada
$31,158 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Chiniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiniah is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chiniah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiniah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiniah is the 517,348th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,567,533 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Chiniah reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. Chiniah is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is held by 533 people, or 1 in 2,427. In Mauritius it is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 54 percent live, Flacq District, where 17 percent live and Grand Port District, where 11 percent live. Outside of Mauritius this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 percent live.
Chiniah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chiniah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.33% more than the national average, earning R 506,952 per year and in Canada they earn 37.29% less than the national average, earning $31,158 CAD per year.
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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 Chiniah
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