Chalira Surname
Approximately 3,552 people bear this surname
Chalira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,503 | 1:4,887 | 683 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Chalira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chalira is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 127,672nd most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,051,674 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalira are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 3,503 people, or 1 in 4,887. Not including Malawi Chalira occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.
Chalira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chalira has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chalira surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Chalira
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