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 in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chelah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,129,067th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name Chelah is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Chelah are found; 63 percent are found in North Africa and 63 percent are found in Mahgreb. Chelah is also the 1,134,117th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 73 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 309,052. In Algeria Chelah is primarily concentrated in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 98 percent live, Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 1 percent live and Boumerdès Province, where 1 percent live. Beside Algeria Chelah is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 15 percent live and Liberia, where 9 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 Chelah
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