Chinniah Surname

180,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Chinniah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinniah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia5301:55,6494,275
South Africa5061:107,07112,911
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Mauritius2451:5,2791,063
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
India1521:5,046,483126,094
Singapore1071:51,4741,981
Canada1061:347,60031,502
United States881:4,118,852221,730
England761:733,13240,828
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Botswana171:128,64318,229
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Chinniah (479) may also be a first name.

Chinniah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chinniah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chinniah has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinniah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 180,955th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,097,130 people. The last name Chinniah occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Chinniah reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 23 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 388,635th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 479 people.

The last name Chinniah is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 55,649. In Malaysia Chinniah is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 40 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 14 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 13 percent live. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 22 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 12 percent live.

Chinniah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Chinniah are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Chinniah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.72% less than the national average, earning 274,365 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.22% more than the national average, earning R 340,356 per year; in United States they earn 83.11% more than the national average, earning $79,010 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.96% more than the national average, earning $58,604 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
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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 Chinniah
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