Challaya Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Challaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Challaya (17) may also be a first name.
Challaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Challaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Challaya (Marathi: छल) has its highest incidence in India. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Challaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Challaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Challaya live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Challaya is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India Challaya is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 71 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent live and West Bengal, where 7 percent live. Barring India this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bahrain, where 6 percent live and Singapore, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Challaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Challaya in the Marathi language | ||
| छल | chala | - |
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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 Challaya
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