Chameh Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Chameh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 375 | 1:204,753 | 16,408 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Chameh (17) may also be a first name.
Chameh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chameh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chameh is most common in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chameh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 703,644th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Chameh live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Chameh is also the 2,694,839th most common forename world-wide, borne by 17 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 204,753. In Iran it is most numerous in: Khuzestan Province, where 25 percent live, Tehran Province, where 19 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Iran it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 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 Chameh
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