Chilula Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chilula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chilula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia341:466,17421,520
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Chilula (96) may also be a first name.

Chilula Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chilula Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chilula is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chilula? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chilula is the 3,274,477th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chilula are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most commonly used forename internationally, held by 96 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 466,174. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Northern Province, where 68 percent reside, Southern Province, where 15 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 3 percent reside and India, where 3 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 Chilula
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