Chelela Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Chelela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 206 | 1:256,998 | 20,669 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chelela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelela is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,025,894th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chelela live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Chelela is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 256,998. In Tanzania Chelela is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 73 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 26 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Chelela
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