Chalklen Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Chalklen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chalklen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
New Zealand921:49,2217,974
England341:1,638,76668,634
Australia331:818,05251,601
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981

Chalklen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chalklen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chalklen has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chalklen.

How Common Is The Last Name Chalklen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 874,560th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Chalklen reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 395,458. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 55 percent are found, Western Cape, where 29 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 30 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Chalklen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Chalklen has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Chalklen last name declined 28 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Chalklen Last Name Statistics demography

Chalklen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.48% more than the national average, earning R 374,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chalklin88245/
Chaulklin82120/
Chalkling8227/
Chalkline829/
Chalkilin821/
Chalklain820/
Calklin800/
Halklin800/
Caulklin750/
Choolkleang741/
Hallklint718/
Choolklin712/
Colkln711/
Healkeling670/
Salklint6312/
Jalquleen591/
Salqlain501/
Solklint501/

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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 Chalklen
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