Chilinga Surname
Approximately 1,752 people bear this surname
Chilinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,176 | 1:14,557 | 2,276 |
| Tanzania | 417 | 1:126,958 | 11,944 |
| Zambia | 155 | 1:102,258 | 8,141 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chilinga (14) may also be a first name.
Chilinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilinga (Oriya: ଚିଲିା) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilinga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 230,851st most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,159,558 people. The surname Chilinga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilinga are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chilinga is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 14 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,176 people, or 1 in 14,557. Outside of Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 24 percent live and Zambia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chilinga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chilinga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିଲିା | cilia | 66.67 |
| ଚିଲି | cili | 33.33 |
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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 Chilinga
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