Chelliah is used as a family name or surname in Sri Lanka. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chelliah
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Sri Lanka
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Chelliah

How popular is Chelliah?

Chelliah is common in Sri Lanka.

Chelliah is ranked 53860 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Chelliahs grew by 53.44828 per cent to 178 since 2000 and ranked 101247 after elevating 32790 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 84.27 82.76
White 7.3 6.03
Others 5.62 6.9
Chelliah is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Malaysia which signifies that it is originated from Malaysia. Around 8748 people have been found who wears Chelliah as their family name. Chelliah is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
108,034 Italy3
5,318 Iraq2
4,689 Maldives2
29,774 Venezuela1
3,952 Yemen1
810,193 Indonesia1
30,360 Thailand1
77,122 Sweden1
37,493 Austria1
91,024 Belgium1
734 Chad1
49,101 Denmark1
6,149 Ethiopia1
31,207 Ireland1
14,373 Jordan1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
11,510 Oman1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
14,963 Scotland26
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,566 Qatar97
12,684 Switzerland90
4,262 Kuwait87
11,471 Norway66
Countries with hundreds of Chelliah:
1,440 Singapore296
21,535 South Africa274
19,682 England269
88,672 United States262
16,019 Canada231
13,247 Australia206
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
6,068 United Arab Emirates161
2,434 Mauritius109
Countries with thousands of Chelliah:
922 Malaysia3,693
26,746 India1,423
2,204 Sri Lanka1,174
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