Chelashaw Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chelashaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chelashaw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya791:584,55627,458
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chelashaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chelashaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chelashaw occurs most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chelashaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Chelashaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chelashaw is the 1,994,173rd most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Chelashaw live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya Chelashaw is most frequent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 92 percent live, Nandi County, where 5 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya Chelashaw exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chelashaf891/
Chelashova843/
Chelashov7827/
Shelashova747/
Chelyasova742/
Chelausova741/
Shelashov6711/
Chelyasov672/
Chilachav671/
Chalashov671/
Gillashaw671/
Cheleshov671/
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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 Chelashaw
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