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
The surname 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 occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalika? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 828,895th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Chalika are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 609,814th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 219 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent are found and Zambia, where 10 percent are found.
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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