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 last name Chill (Oriya: ଚିଲ, Russian: Чилл) is found most in Germany. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chill? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chill is the 868,551st most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name Chill occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Chill reside; 39 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Chill is also the 492,367th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 318 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 676,516. In Germany Chill is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside, Berlin, where 17 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 17 percent reside. Besides Germany it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
Chill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chill has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Chill surname increased 350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it fell 84 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chill Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Chill surname is chiefly 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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