Chelappa Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Chelappa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Chelappa (40) may also be a first name.
Chelappa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelappa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelappa (Bengali: চেলাপ্পা) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelappa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,228,735th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Chelappa are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most numerous given name on earth It is held by 40 people.
The surname Chelappa is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 21,916,154. In India Chelappa is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent reside. Besides India this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent reside and Wales, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelappa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelappa in the Bengali language | ||
| চেলাপ্পা | celappa | - |
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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 Chelappa
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