Cameleon Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Suriname

Cameleon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cameleon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
France51:13,284,544357,392
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Caméléon (2) are calculated separately.

Cameleon (200) may also be a first name.

Cameleon Last Name Facts

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

Cameleon occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Caméléon. Click here for further potential spellings of Cameleon.

How Common Is The Last Name Cameleon? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,373,373rd most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Cameleon occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Cameleon reside; 44 percent reside in North Africa and 44 percent reside in Mahgreb. Cameleon is also the 640,739th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 200 people.

The last name is most common in Morocco, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Besides Morocco it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 15 percent are found and France, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chameleon942/
Caméléon922/
Kameleon8826/
Camaleon8812/
Kammäleon711/
Camilión632/
Kaméléon631/
Kamaleean591/
Kameljyan591/
Kamiljonova531/
Kamaljan5010/

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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
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  • 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 Cameleon
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