Chalinga Surname
Approximately 494 people bear this surname
Chalinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 470 | 1:33,723 | 3,420 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Chalinga (11) may also be a first name.
Chalinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chalinga occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalinga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chalinga is the 621,618th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,752,117 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalinga live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chalinga is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 470 people, or 1 in 33,723. In Zambia Chalinga is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 82 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 11 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent live and Malawi, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chalinga
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