Chalika Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Chalika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| India | 88 | 1:8,716,652 | 177,764 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chalika (219) may also be a first name.
Chalika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chalika (Bengali: ছালিকা, Hindi: चालिका, Oriya: ଚଲିକା, Tibetan: ཆ་་ལི་ཀ་) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalika? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chalika is the 828,895th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Chalika live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 609,814th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 219 people.
Chalika is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent live and Zambia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalika in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆ་་ལི་ཀ་ | chalika | - |
| Chalika in the Bengali language | ||
| ছালিকা | chalika | - |
| Chalika in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚଲିକା | calika | - |
| Chalika in the Hindi language | ||
| चालिका | calika | 50 |
| चलिका | calika | 50 |
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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 Chalika
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