Where Does The Last Name Chaluka Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Chaluka (Hindi: चालूका, Oriya: ଚାଲୁକା) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chaluka? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 733,258^th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chaluka live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 504,078^th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 305 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 364 people, or 1 in 43,544. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 34 percent are found, Northern Province, where 28 percent are found and Central Province, where 16 percent are found. Besides Zambia Chaluka is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.