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Last name Chaïm (חיים , Хаим
, Chaïm
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Chaïm is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare surname, and Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare surname. More frequently, Chaïm is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| חיים | Israel |
| Хаим | Kazakhstan, Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Belarus |
| Chaïm | Netherlands, Belgium, Poland |