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 surname Chalira is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chalira is the 127,672nd most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,051,674 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalira reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 3,503 people, or 1 in 4,887. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.
Chalira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chalira has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chalira last name 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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