Chris Surname
Approximately 26,270 people bear this surname
Chris Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,830 | 1:30,385 | 2,550 |
| United States | 4,150 | 1:87,340 | 9,841 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,710 | 1:3,009 | 132 |
| Ghana | 2,563 | 1:10,543 | 1,407 |
| Australia | 1,708 | 1:15,805 | 2,231 |
| Yemen | 1,503 | 1:17,582 | 1,913 |
| England | 740 | 1:75,295 | 8,539 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| New Zealand | 652 | 1:6,945 | 1,179 |
| Hong Kong | 506 | 1:14,497 | 374 |
| Canada | 470 | 1:78,395 | 8,792 |
| Kenya | 417 | 1:110,743 | 9,462 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| India | 350 | 1:2,191,615 | 73,075 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Singapore | 244 | 1:22,573 | 892 |
| Cambodia | 242 | 1:63,996 | 2,015 |
| France | 209 | 1:317,812 | 48,279 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Liberia | 142 | 1:31,046 | 2,951 |
| Solomon Islands | 135 | 1:4,297 | 515 |
| Indonesia | 134 | 1:986,934 | 72,456 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| South Africa | 127 | 1:426,596 | 36,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 113 | 1:81,082 | 7,365 |
| Netherlands | 93 | 1:181,583 | 25,939 |
| Belgium | 86 | 1:133,682 | 19,279 |
| Malaysia | 81 | 1:364,126 | 19,261 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Germany | 74 | 1:1,087,912 | 72,931 |
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Uganda | 73 | 1:534,785 | 29,774 |
| Greece | 71 | 1:156,053 | 25,589 |
| Ireland | 54 | 1:87,203 | 4,973 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Cyprus | 34 | 1:26,026 | 2,877 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| China | 29 | 1:47,149,020 | 2,555 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Rwanda | 25 | 1:454,599 | 1,711 |
| Algeria | 23 | 1:1,679,633 | 43,253 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| South Korea | 13 | 1:3,941,558 | 724 |
| Iceland | 12 | 1:31,674 | 2,357 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Vietnam | 9 | 1:10,294,006 | 2,767 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Macau | 5 | 1:120,326 | 534 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Grenada | 4 | 1:27,134 | 1,180 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 115 | 1:436,684 | 31,761 |
The alternate forms: Chrís (1) are calculated separately.
Chris (2,125,813) may also be a first name.
Chris Demographics
Average Male Chris Height
176.9 cm
Average Female Chris Height
164.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Chris Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chris Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chris (Arabic: كريس, Hindi: क्रिस, Oriya: କିସ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Chrís. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chris? popularity and diffusion
Chris is the 20,775th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 277,409 people. The surname Chris is primarily found in Africa, where 39 percent of Chris reside; 34 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 284th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 2,125,813 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,830 people, or 1 in 30,385. In Nigeria Chris is mostly found in: Imo, where 10 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Taraba, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 142 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
Chris Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chris has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chris last name grew 3,609 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 74,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chris Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Chris last name is primarily Orthodox (57%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Latin Catholic (67%) in Lebanon and Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Chris last name are 4.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.25% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Chris earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.99% less than the national average, earning $39,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.44% more than the national average, earning $54,372 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chris Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chris in the Oriya language | ||
| କିସ | kisa | - |
| Chris in the Hindi language | ||
| क्रिस | krisa | 66.67 |
| क्रिंस | krinsa | 33.33 |
| Chris in the Arabic language | ||
| كريس | krys | - |
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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 Chris
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