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Where Does The Last Name Chiya Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Chiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻪ, Hindi: चिया, Marathi: चीया, Oriya: ଚିୟା, Russian: Чия) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiya? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 69,956^th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,030,333 people. The surname Chiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Chiya reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiya is also the 57,028^th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 11,129 people.

The last name Chiya is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 5,352 people, or 1 in 10,123. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 75 percent reside, Gauteng, where 12 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent reside. Aside from South Africa Chiya exists in 34 countries. It is also found in India, where 9 percent reside and Japan, where 4 percent reside.

Chiya Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Chiya surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Chiya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.06% less than the national average, earning R 125,796 per year and in United States they earn 23.18% more than the national average, earning $53,151 USD per year.