Chilosa Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Chilosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Chilosà (1) are calculated separately.
Chilosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilosa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Chilosà. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilosa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,348,199th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. The surname Chilosa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilosa reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 346,024. In Tanzania Chilosa is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Mara Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 5 percent reside and Italy, 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 Chilosa
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