Chilve Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Chilve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Chilve (69) may also be a first name.
Chilve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilve is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chilve click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilve? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Chilve are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 69 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 415,381. In Cameroon Chilve is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 90 percent live, North Region, where 4 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Chilve
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