Chelelwa Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Chelelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 329 | 1:48,176 | 4,579 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chelelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chelelwa is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelelwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chelelwa is the 766,190th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chelelwa reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 48,176. In Zambia Chelelwa is most prevalent in: Luapula Province, where 40 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent live and Northern Province, where 15 percent live. Beside Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Chelelwa
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