Chilasa Surname
Approximately 1,756 people bear this surname
Chilasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,490 | 1:11,489 | 1,770 |
| Tanzania | 194 | 1:272,895 | 21,498 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chilasa (119) may also be a first name.
Chilasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilasa (Hindi: चीलासा) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Chilasa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 230,410th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,150,083 people. The last name Chilasa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilasa are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chilasa is also the 856,040th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 119 people.
Chilasa is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,490 people, or 1 in 11,489. Barring Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chilasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chilasa in the Hindi language | ||
| चीलासा | cilasa | 50 |
| चिलासा | cilasa | 50 |
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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 Chilasa
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