Chelaya Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Chelaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chelaya (14) may also be a first name.
Chelaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chelaya (Marathi: चेलया, Oriya: େଚଲାୟା) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chelaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Chelaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Chelaya live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 14 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 64 percent reside, Odisha, where 27 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent reside. Other than India Chelaya exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚଲାୟା | ecalaya | 66.67 |
| େକାଟା | ekata | 33.33 |
| Chelaya in the Marathi language | ||
| चेलया | celaya | 60 |
| चेलाया | celaya | 26.67 |
| छेलाया | chelaya | 13.33 |
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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 Chelaya
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