Chalema Surname
Approximately 1,402 people bear this surname
Chalema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 915 | 1:18,709 | 2,930 |
| Tanzania | 312 | 1:169,685 | 14,915 |
| Zambia | 164 | 1:96,646 | 7,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chalema (450) may also be a first name.
Chalema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chalema (Bengali: ছালেমা) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 276,555th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,197,964 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chalema reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chalema is also the 403,380th most widely held forename in the world, held by 450 people.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 915 people, or 1 in 18,709. Barring Malawi Chalema exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Zambia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalema in the Bengali language | ||
| ছালেমা | chalema | 78.72 |
| ছলেমা | chalema | 10.64 |
| ছালমা | chalama | 6.38 |
| চালেমা | calema | 2.13 |
| চলেমা | calema | 2.13 |
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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 Chalema
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