Shachia Surname
Approximately 936 people bear this surname
Shachia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 929 | 1:190,681 | 11,566 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shachia (639) may also be a first name.
Shachia Demographics
Shachia Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shachia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shachia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shachia (Oriya: ଷଚିଆାଇଁ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shachia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 380,890th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,785,840 people. The surname Shachia is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shachia are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 329,113th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 639 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 929 people, or 1 in 190,681. In Nigeria Shachia is most prevalent in: Benue, where 87 percent are found, Taraba, where 4 percent are found and Kaduna, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Shachia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shachia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shachia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଷଚିଆାଇଁ | saciaa'im | 50 |
| ଶଚିଆ | saci'a | 50 |
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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 Shachia
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