Chalá Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Chalá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 23 | 1:691,559 | 12,337 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Chala (77,357), Chalà (3) & Chála (2) are calculated separately.
Chalá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chalá is more commonly found in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Chala, Chalà or Chála. For other possible spellings of Chalá click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalá? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chalá is the 3,141,416th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Chalá live; 85 percent live in South America and 62 percent live in Andean South America.
The surname is most widely held in Ecuador, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 691,559. Excluding Ecuador this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Colombia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Chalá
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