Chilay Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Chilay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Chilay (29) may also be a first name.
Chilay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chilay (Hindi: छिलाया, Marathi: िचलय, Tibetan: ཆི་ལེ་) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chilay.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,359,010th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Chilay occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Chilay are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name on earth, held by 29 people.
The surname Chilay is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Barring The DR Congo Chilay exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 34 percent live and Liberia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chilay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chilay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆི་ལེ་ | chilé | - |
| Chilay in the Hindi language | ||
| छिलाया | chilaya | - |
| Chilay in the Marathi language | ||
| िचलय | icalaya | 66.67 |
| चीलाय | cilaya | 33.33 |
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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
- 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 Chilay
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