Chelesa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chelesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chelesa (198) may also be a first name.
Chelesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chelesa is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelesa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Chelesa is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Chelesa reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 25 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chelesa is also the 644,447th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 198 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 97,546,262. Barring Ethiopia Chelesa is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 25 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
- 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 Chelesa
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