Chiila Surname
Approximately 569 people bear this surname
Chiila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 477 | 1:33,228 | 3,374 |
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chiila (24) may also be a first name.
Chiila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiila is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiila? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 558,412th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,807,638 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiila live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname Chiila is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 33,228. In Zambia Chiila is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 77 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live and Central Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Chiila
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