Chinniah Surname
Approximately 2,353 people bear this surname
Chinniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 530 | 1:55,649 | 4,275 |
| South Africa | 506 | 1:107,071 | 12,911 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Mauritius | 245 | 1:5,279 | 1,063 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| Singapore | 107 | 1:51,474 | 1,981 |
| Canada | 106 | 1:347,600 | 31,502 |
| United States | 88 | 1:4,118,852 | 221,730 |
| England | 76 | 1:733,132 | 40,828 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Chinniah (479) may also be a first name.
Chinniah Demographics
Average Chinniah Salary in
United States
$79,010 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chinniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chinniah is most common in Malaysia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chinniah.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinniah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 180,955th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,097,130 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Chinniah live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 23 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 388,635th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 479 people.
It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 530 people, or 1 in 55,649. In Malaysia Chinniah is primarily found in: Selangor, where 40 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 14 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 13 percent live. Outside of Malaysia this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found 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 Democrats than The US average, with 61.54% being registered with the 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
- 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 Chinniah
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