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
The surname Chiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻪ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chiye.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Chiye is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Chiye reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Chiye is also the 705,855th most numerous first name globally It is held by 168 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent live, Far North Region, where 4 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Chiye is found in 7 countries. It is also common 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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