Chaligha Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Chaligha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 491 | 1:107,824 | 10,467 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
Chaligha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaligha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaligha is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaligha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 617,057th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name Chaligha occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chaligha live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Chaligha is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 491 people, or 1 in 107,824. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 31 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 28 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 21 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 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 Chaligha
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