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 or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiloya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 519,402nd most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,622,880 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiloya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried 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. Not including Tanzania Chiloya exists 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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