Chioba Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Chioba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Chioba (155) may also be a first name.
Chioba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chioba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chioba has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chioba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chioba is the 1,286,243rd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chioba reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 738,219th most widely held forename globally, borne by 155 people.
The surname Chioba is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 27 percent are found, Abia, where 20 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Chioba
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