Chiloya Surname
Approximately 627 people bear this surname
Chiloya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 618 | 1:85,666 | 8,702 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chiloya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiloya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiloya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiloya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 519,402nd most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 11,622,880 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiloya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 618 people, or 1 in 85,666. In Tanzania Chiloya is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 69 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 15 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 1 percent are found and Namibia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chiloya
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