Chaleka Surname
Approximately 1,445 people bear this surname
Chaleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Zimbabwe | 525 | 1:29,406 | 4,520 |
| Zambia | 179 | 1:88,547 | 7,336 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chaleka (89) may also be a first name.
Chaleka Demographics
Average Chaleka Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chaleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaleka (Bengali: ছালেকা) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaleka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 270,023rd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,043,284 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chaleka are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 89 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Apart from Malawi this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent reside and Zambia, where 12 percent reside.
Chaleka Last Name Statistics demography
Chaleka earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaleka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaleka in the Bengali language | ||
| ছালেকা | chaleka | 76.92 |
| ছালেখা | chalekha | 23.08 |
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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 Chaleka
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