Chirah Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Chirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Chirah (29) may also be a first name.
Chirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chirah occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chirah.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chirah is the 889,654th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name Chirah is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Chirah are found; 68 percent are found in North Africa and 68 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name globally, held by 29 people.
Chirah is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Without taking into account Morocco Chirah exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 26 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Chirah
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