Chelama Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Chelama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chelama (57) may also be a first name.
Chelama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelama (Marathi: चेलमा, Oriya: େଚଲାମା) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Chelama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Chelama is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Chelama are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chelama is also the 1,308,380th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 57 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 20,731,497. In India Chelama is mostly concentrated in: Odisha, where 89 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 8 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 3 percent are found. Besides India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelama in the Marathi language | ||
| चेलमा | celama | 90.91 |
| चेलामा | celama | 9.09 |
| Chelama in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚଲାମା | ecalama | 78.95 |
| େଚଲମା | ecalama | 15.79 |
| େଚଳାମା | ecalama | 5.26 |
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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
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- 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 Chelama
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