Chikiliya Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Chikiliya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chikiliya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikiliya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikiliya is found most in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chikiliya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikiliya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,775,494th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikiliya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Beside Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikhiliya | 95 | 4 | / |
| Cikiliya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chichiliya | 84 | 4 | / |
| Chekhiliya | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chikiley | 82 | 25 | / |
| Chikilea | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chikilai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chikkiley | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chaikiolae | 74 | 12 | / |
| Chekheliya | 74 | 2 | / |
| Chikulay | 71 | 15 | / |
| Chikeley | 71 | 6 | / |
| Chikelay | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chikelea | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chichilai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chikiliya
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