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 is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chalenga.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 280,785th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 5,300,033 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalenga live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 11 people.
The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Excluding Malawi it is found in 8 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Chalenga
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