Chelah Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Chelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 125 | 1:309,052 | 30,044 |
| Zambia | 32 | 1:495,310 | 22,215 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chelah (73) may also be a first name.
Chelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelah occurs most in Algeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,129,067th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Chelah reside; 63 percent reside in North Africa and 63 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,134,117th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 73 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 309,052. In Algeria Chelah is mostly concentrated in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 98 percent are found, Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 1 percent are found and Boumerdès Province, where 1 percent are found. Not including Algeria Chelah is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 15 percent are found and Liberia, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Chelah
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