Chilh Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chilh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Chilh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻠﺢ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chilh is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Chilh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Chilh are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Chilh is mostly found in: Gorgol Region, where 50 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania Chilh exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 25 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chilh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chilh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻠﺢ | shlh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻠﺢ | alshlh | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Chilh
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