Chiye Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Chiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chiye (168) may also be a first name.
Chiye Demographics
Average Chiye Salary in
South Africa
R 48,900
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻪ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Chiye are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 705,855th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 168 people.
Chiye is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent live, Far North Region, where 4 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live.
Chiye Last Name Statistics demography
Chiye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.42% less than the national average, earning R 48,900 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻪ | shyh | 66.67 |
| ﺷﻴﺔ | shyt | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻪ | alshyh | 11.11 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﻪ | ashyh | 11.11 |
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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 Chiye
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