Chiya Surname
Approximately 7,073 people bear this surname
Chiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5,352 | 1:10,123 | 1,254 |
| India | 639 | 1:1,200,415 | 48,187 |
| Japan | 310 | 1:412,401 | 13,082 |
| Zambia | 204 | 1:77,696 | 6,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 200 | 1:77,191 | 11,358 |
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Chiya (11,129) may also be a first name.
Chiya Demographics
Average Chiya Salary in
United States
$53,151 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻪ, Hindi: चिया, Marathi: चीया, Oriya: ଚିୟା, Russian: Чия) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 69,956th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,030,333 people. 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 57,028th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 11,129 people.
The last name Chiya is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 5,352 people, or 1 in 10,123. In South Africa Chiya is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 75 percent are found, Gauteng, where 12 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and Japan, where 4 percent are found.
Chiya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chiya surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiya in the Hindi language | ||
| चिया | ciya | 76.92 |
| चीया | ciya | 15.38 |
| चङिया | caniya | 2.56 |
| छिया | chiya | 2.56 |
| चिड़या | ciraya | 2.56 |
| Chiya in the Marathi language | ||
| चीया | ciya | 70 |
| छाया | chaya | 30 |
| Chiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିୟା | ciya | 50 |
| ଚିୟ | ciya | 50 |
| Chiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻪ | alshyh | 46.67 |
| ﺷﻴﻪ | shyh | 26.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺔ | alshyt | 6.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻲ | alshy | 6.67 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﺎ | ashya | 6.67 |
| ﺷﻴﺎ | shya | 6.67 |
| Chiya in the Russian language | ||
| Чия | cia | - |
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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 Chiya
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