Chalenga Surname
Approximately 1,375 people bear this surname
Chalenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Zambia | 539 | 1:29,406 | 3,039 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chalenga (11) may also be a first name.
Chalenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chalenga occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Chalenga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalenga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 280,785th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,300,033 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalenga reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Excluding Malawi Chalenga exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 39 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Chalenga
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