Chele Surname
Approximately 6,299 people bear this surname
Chele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 2,339 | 1:6,800 | 1,113 |
| Lesotho | 724 | 1:2,807 | 439 |
| South Africa | 628 | 1:86,270 | 10,613 |
| India | 541 | 1:1,417,866 | 54,265 |
| Zambia | 394 | 1:40,228 | 3,971 |
| Romania | 336 | 1:59,756 | 7,249 |
| Moldova | 293 | 1:12,155 | 2,090 |
| Thailand | 193 | 1:366,002 | 64,280 |
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Niger | 107 | 1:179,365 | 6,287 |
| Cameroon | 92 | 1:225,751 | 22,624 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Kenya | 71 | 1:650,421 | 29,207 |
| Solomon Islands | 52 | 1:11,154 | 1,975 |
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Ukraine | 23 | 1:1,979,248 | 140,199 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Chelé (5) are calculated separately.
Chele (2,319) may also be a first name.
Chele Demographics
Chele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻠﻪ, Hindi: चेले, Marathi: चेले, Oriya: େଚେଲ, Russian: Челе, Tibetan: ཅི་ལི།) occurs more in Ecuador more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Chelé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chele is the 77,643rd most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,156,937 people. The surname Chele is primarily found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Chele are found; 38 percent are found in South America and 37 percent are found in Andean South America. Chele is also the 154,564th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 2,319 people.
The last name Chele is most frequently occurring in Ecuador, where it is carried by 2,339 people, or 1 in 6,800. In Ecuador Chele is mostly found in: Guayas Province, where 43 percent reside, Manabí Province, where 34 percent reside and Santa Elena Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Ecuador this surname exists in 45 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
Chele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chele last name expanded 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Chele earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 49.63% less than the national average, earning R 119,688 per year and in United States they earn 70.79% less than the national average, earning $12,604 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻠﻪ | shlh | - |
| Chele in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅི་ལི། | chili | - |
| Chele in the Hindi language | ||
| चेले | cele | - |
| Chele in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚେଲ | ecela | - |
| Chele in the Marathi language | ||
| चेले | cele | 67.54 |
| चेळे | cele | 28.95 |
| चेके | ceke | 1.32 |
| चेलेे | celee | 0.44 |
| चोेळे | coele | 0.44 |
| चोेले | coele | 0.44 |
| Chele in the Russian language | ||
| Челе | cele | - |
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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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- 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 Chele
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