Chilega Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chilega Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chilega Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania921:575,45236,554
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Chilega Last Name Facts

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

Chilega is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chilega.

How Common Is The Last Name Chilega? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,931,261st most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Chilega occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilega live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 575,452. In Tanzania Chilega is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 99 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Italy, where 1 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 Chilega
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