Chilisa Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Chilisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 193 | 1:11,331 | 2,140 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chilisa (29) may also be a first name.
Chilisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chilisa occurs more in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,168,344th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. Chilisa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilisa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chilisa is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 29 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 11,331. Other than Botswana Chilisa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 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 Chilisa
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