Chior Surname
Approximately 777 people bear this surname
Chior Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 537 | 1:329,875 | 18,040 |
| Moldova | 230 | 1:15,484 | 2,652 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chior (40) may also be a first name.
Chior Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chior Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chior occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chior.
How Common Is The Last Name Chior? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chior is the 440,539th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,379,081 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Chior reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 40 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 537 people, or 1 in 329,875. In Nigeria Chior is most frequent in: Benue, where 86 percent are found, Taraba, where 4 percent are found and Kaduna, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Chior exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Chior
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