Chilayi Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Chilayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 123 | 1:128,861 | 9,635 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Chilayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilayi has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilayi? popularity and diffusion
Chilayi is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Chilayi live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Chilayi is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 128,861. In Zambia it is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 73 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent reside and Central Province, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent reside and Botswana, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Chilayi
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