Chali Surname
Approximately 45,736 people bear this surname
Chali Surname Definition:
Chali is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: memory.
Chali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 17,601 | 1:901 | 120 |
| Ethiopia | 12,395 | 1:7,870 | 1,227 |
| Thailand | 7,020 | 1:10,062 | 568 |
| Tanzania | 2,646 | 1:20,008 | 2,540 |
| Guatemala | 1,950 | 1:8,248 | 975 |
| Algeria | 998 | 1:38,709 | 6,999 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| India | 327 | 1:2,345,766 | 76,423 |
| Zimbabwe | 283 | 1:54,552 | 8,269 |
| Malaysia | 270 | 1:109,238 | 7,347 |
| France | 227 | 1:292,611 | 44,838 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| South Africa | 100 | 1:541,777 | 42,852 |
| Argentina | 97 | 1:440,654 | 33,272 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| Greece | 64 | 1:173,122 | 27,971 |
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Lesotho | 57 | 1:35,659 | 6,371 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| Namibia | 27 | 1:89,237 | 8,105 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Cambodia | 9 | 1:1,720,794 | 6,732 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Chalí (87) are calculated separately.
Chali (57,133) may also be a first name.
Chali Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chali is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: memory.
Chali Demographics
Chali Political Affiliation
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Chali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chali (Arabic: تشالي, Bengali: ছলি, Georgian: ჩალი, Hindi: चाली, Marathi: चाली, Oriya: ଚାଲି, Russian: Чали, Tibetan: ཆ་ལི་) occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Chalí. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chali? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chali is the 12,285th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 159,339 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Chali are found; 40 percent are found in Southern Africa and 40 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chali is also the 16,496th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 57,133 people.
Chali is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 17,601 people, or 1 in 901. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 18 percent are found and Central Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 27 percent are found and Thailand, where 15 percent are found.
Chali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Chali last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Chali surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Chali earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 51.33% less than the national average, earning R 115,668 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.22% less than the national average, earning $17,657,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 22.5% less than the national average, earning $33,440 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chali in the Georgian language | ||
| ჩალი | chali | - |
| Chali in the Marathi language | ||
| चाली | cali | 89.41 |
| चली | cali | 7.06 |
| चाळी | cali | 2.35 |
| Chali in the Hindi language | ||
| चाली | cali | 75.89 |
| चली | cali | 23.21 |
| चलि | cali | 0.89 |
| Chali in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାଲି | cali | 73.86 |
| ଚାଳି | cali | 17.05 |
| ଚଲି | cali | 5.68 |
| ଚାରି | cari | 1.14 |
| ଚଳି | cali | 1.14 |
| ଛଲି | chali | 1.14 |
| Chali in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆ་ལི་ | chali | 35.85 |
| ཆ་་ལི་ | chali | 30.19 |
| ཕྱ་ལི་ | chali | 23.58 |
| ཆཱ་ལི་ | chali | 3.77 |
| ཆལི་ | chali | 2.83 |
| ཅ་ལི་ | chali | 1.89 |
| ལ་ཆི་ | lachi | 0.94 |
| ཆ་ལི | chali | 0.94 |
| Chali in the Bengali language | ||
| ছলি | chali | 25 |
| চালি | cali | 25 |
| চলি | cali | 25 |
| ছালি | chali | 25 |
| Chali in the Russian language | ||
| Чали | cali | - |
| Chali in the Arabic language | ||
| تشالي | tshaly | - |
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