Chelai Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Chelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Chelai (52) may also be a first name.
Chelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chelai (Hindi: चेलई, Marathi: चेलाई) occurs most in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chelai is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Chelai live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 52 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India Chelai is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 100 percent live. Barring India it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 30 percent live and Algeria, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelai in the Hindi language | ||
| चेलई | cela'i | - |
| Chelai in the Marathi language | ||
| चेलाई | cela'i | - |
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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 Chelai
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