Chileu Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Chileu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chileu (49) may also be a first name.
Chileu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chileu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chileu is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chileu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,478,479th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chileu are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chileu is also the 1,430,306th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 49 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 433,948. In Tanzania Chileu is most common in: Mtwara Region, where 96 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 3 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and South Sudan, where 6 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 Chileu
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