Chilapula Surname

529,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 611 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chilapula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chilapula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5231:32,7334,882
Tanzania671:790,17342,439
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165

Chilapula Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chilapula Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chilapula is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chilapula? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chilapula is the 529,538th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 11,927,244 people. The last name Chilapula is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilapula reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Chilapula is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Without taking into account Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 11 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 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
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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 Chilapula
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