Chía Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Chía Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chía Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia121:3,981,17316,511
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Chia (92,531) & Chià (1) are calculated separately.

Chía Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chía Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chía is found most frequently in Colombia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Chia or Chià. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chía? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chía is the 3,485,539th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Chía occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Chía reside; 53 percent reside in South America and 38 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most widespread in Colombia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 3,981,173. Beside Colombia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 34 percent reside and Chile, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chia9292,531/
Chías896/
Cía8630/
Chià831/
Chea75240,026/
Chya751,045/
Ciha75396/
Ceha75194/
Chío758/
Cíha754/
Cyha751/
Cjha751/
Chií751/
Chja751/
Cheah6737,120/
Chiha675,278/
Chias673,475/
Chiah671,519/
Chija671,468/
Cheha671,400/
Chiat67623/
Chyay67478/
Chiad67464/
Cihat67415/
Chyat67339/
Chiaa67280/
Chiea67265/
Tchia67244/
Chhea67163/
Schia67160/
Cheae6778/
Chyad6765/
Cihad6756/
Chița6747/
Schya6743/
Chiap6741/
Chiae6729/
Chyľa6728/
Cihay6726/
Chiaz6725/
Chioa6723/
Cziha6715/
Cheța6714/
Chyah6712/
Chi'a6710/
Cehas678/
Cheay678/
Chiua678/
Cheaa677/
Cheșa677/
Chyas676/
Cheai676/
Chhia675/
Chjai675/
Chiaj675/
Dceha675/
Chyha674/
Cyaha674/
Cihaj673/
Chiay673/
Cihap673/
Chaae673/
Cihea673/
Chjia672/
Cheaj672/
Tchya672/
Cheea672/
Cuhia671/
Cajha671/
Cehat671/
Tceha671/
Cihaľ671/
Cseha671/
Cehha671/
Cihha671/
Cheao671/
Cjaha671/
Cihai671/
Chxia671/

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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 Chía
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