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
Chileka occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chileka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 257,677th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. It is mostly found 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. Chileka is also the 1,201,840th most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 66 people.
The last name Chileka is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,072 people, or 1 in 15,969. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 27 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Chileka
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