Chill Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Chill Surname User-submission:
1. a variant of the surname 'Child,' which can mean a term for a young nobleman. 2. A variant of 'Chell,' which can be a nickname from the Middle English word for 'cold' or a shortened form of names beginning with 'Cēol-' meaning 'ship'. 3.
Read More About This SurnameChill Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 119 | 1:676,516 | 52,308 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Peru | 20 | 1:1,589,206 | 22,980 |
| Cuba | 8 | 1:1,440,340 | 7,824 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74 | 1:678,631 | 44,191 |
Chill (318) may also be a first name.
Chill Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
1. a variant of the surname 'Child,' which can mean a term for a young nobleman. 2. A variant of 'Chell,' which can be a nickname from the Middle English word for 'cold' or a shortened form of names beginning with 'Cēol-' meaning 'ship'. 3. A locational surname derived from the Old English word cille, meaning a small dwelling, cell, or hermitage. 4. evolved from the name Chilton, which means 'settlement by a hill' (from the Old English cyll meaning hill and tun meaning settlement).
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Chill Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Chill Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chill Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chill (Oriya: ଚିଲ, Russian: Чилл) is most common in Germany. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chill? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 868,551st most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 51 percent of Chill are found; 39 percent are found in Western Europe and 38 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Chill is also the 492,367th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 318 people.
The last name Chill is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 676,516. In Germany Chill is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found, Berlin, where 17 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 17 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent are found and South Africa, where 10 percent are found.
Chill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chill has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Chill surname expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 84 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chill Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
The amount Chill earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 25.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,289 per year; in South Africa they earn 53.91% less than the national average, earning R 109,536 per year and in Canada they earn 42.56% more than the national average, earning $70,826 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chill Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chill in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିଲ | cila | - |
| Chill in the Russian language | ||
| Чилл | cill | - |
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