Worldwide, Chakala (Chakala 
) is quite a common unisex given name. The forename Chakala is characteristic of Tunisia, where it is a rare masculine name, India, where it is a rare unisex name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare principally boy's, but scarcely girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Tunisia, and Nigeria. Also, Chakala is the last name as well as the forename.