Chelang'a Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Chelang'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 529 | 1:87,297 | 7,906 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chelang'a (54) may also be a first name.
Chelang'a Demographics
Chelang'a Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chelang'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelang'a is most common in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelang'a? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 585,898th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name Chelang'a is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chelang'a reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 54 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 529 people, or 1 in 87,297. In Kenya Chelang'a is mostly concentrated in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 56 percent live, Baringo County, where 17 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 16 percent live. Barring Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Chelang'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Chelang'a surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Chelang'a
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