Chivay Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chivay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chivay (116) may also be a first name.
Chivay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chivay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chivay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎﻱ, Russian: Чивай) is found most in Peru. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chivay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Chivay live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 868,627th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 116 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Peru, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,946,031. Not including Peru Chivay exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent live and Cambodia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chivay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chivay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎﻱ | alshfay | 80.65 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻔﺎﻱ | alshyfay | 9.68 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎﻯ | alshfay | 3.23 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎﺀ | alshfa | 3.23 |
| ﺷﻔﺎﻱ | shfay | 3.23 |
| Chivay in the Russian language | ||
| Чивай | civaj | - |
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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 Chivay
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