Chileka Surname
Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname
Chileka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,072 | 1:15,969 | 2,510 |
| Zambia | 407 | 1:38,943 | 3,882 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chileka (66) may also be a first name.
Chileka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chileka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chileka occurs most in Malawi. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chileka? popularity and diffusion
Chileka is the 257,677th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chileka are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 66 people.
The surname Chileka is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,072 people, or 1 in 15,969. Barring Malawi Chileka occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Chileka
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