Chiyah Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Chiyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chiyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺎﻩ) occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chiyah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiyah is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Chiyah occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Chiyah are found; 49 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
It is most frequently held in Spain, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,032,697. In Spain Chiyah is mostly concentrated in: Canary Islands, where 100 percent live. Aside from Spain this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 23 percent live and Argentina, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺎﻩ | shyah | - |
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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 Chiyah
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