de Chimay Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Chimay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Chimay Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium121:958,05473,966
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

de Chimay Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Chimay is found most in Belgium. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Chimay? popularity and diffusion

de Chimay is the 4,772,636th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name de Chimay occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of de Chimay reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name de Chimay is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 958,054. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Brussels Capital Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Belgium this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

de Chimay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Chimay has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Cima88235/
de Cimma8230/
de Cimas8211/
de Sima7518/
da Cima752/
de Kima752/
de Gima751/
de Simas711,422/
de Himer712/
de Saima711/
de Simaz711/
de Haime711/
de Cimio711/
de Schuimer701/
de Schuijmer679/
de Caimes673/
der Jimmy671/
de Simais671/
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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 de Chimay
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