Chalu Surname
Approximately 897 people bear this surname
Chalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Tanzania | 198 | 1:267,382 | 21,207 |
| Argentina | 119 | 1:359,188 | 27,983 |
| France | 79 | 1:840,794 | 99,796 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Venezuela | 49 | 1:616,410 | 10,951 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Chalú (11) are calculated separately.
Chalu (1,627) may also be a first name.
Chalu Demographics
Average Chalu Salary in
United States
$46,810 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chalu (Bengali: চালু, Hindi: चालू, Marathi: चाळू, Oriya: ଚାଲୁ, Tibetan: ཆ་་ལུ།) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Chalú. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chalu is the 393,872nd most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,124,354 people. Chalu is mostly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Chalu reside; 25 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Chalu is also the 191,316th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 1,627 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Argentina, where 13 percent live.
Chalu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Chalu has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Chalu last name increased 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chalu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Chalu are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.
Chalu earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.48% more than the national average, earning $46,810 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalu in the Bengali language | ||
| চালু | calu | 80 |
| ছালু | chalu | 20 |
| Chalu in the Hindi language | ||
| चालू | calu | 66.23 |
| चलु | calu | 12.99 |
| चलू | calu | 6.49 |
| छालु | chalu | 2.6 |
| छैलू | chailu | 2.6 |
| चालु | calu | 2.6 |
| छालू | chalu | 2.6 |
| छलू | chalu | 1.3 |
| Chalu in the Marathi language | ||
| चाळू | calu | 63.49 |
| चाळु | calu | 29.36 |
| चालू | calu | 2.49 |
| चालु | calu | 1.76 |
| चलू | calu | 0.83 |
| चलु | calu | 0.31 |
| बाळू | balu | 0.31 |
| बाळु | balu | 0.21 |
| खळु | khalu | 0.1 |
| चाकू | caku | 0.1 |
| चळू | calu | 0.1 |
| छाळू | chalu | 0.1 |
| चाऴु | calu | 0.1 |
| Chalu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାଲୁ | calu | 46.15 |
| ଚାଳୁ | calu | 28.21 |
| ଚଳୁ | calu | 10.26 |
| ଚଲୁ | calu | 7.69 |
| ଛାଲୁ | chalu | 5.13 |
| ଛାଳୁ | chalu | 2.56 |
| Chalu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆ་་ལུ། | chalu | 40 |
| ཆ་ལུ། | chalu | 20 |
| ཅ་ལུ། | chalu | 20 |
| ལྕ་ལུ་ | chalu | 20 |
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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
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- 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 Chalu
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