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 last name Chilayi has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chilayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,104,724th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Chilayi reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chilayi is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 128,861. In Zambia Chilayi is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 73 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent live and Central Province, where 5 percent live. Other than Zambia Chilayi occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Botswana, where 8 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
- 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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