Chelewa Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Chelewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chelewa (16) may also be a first name.
Chelewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelewa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,403,590th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chelewa reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chelewa is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 16 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 420,172. In Tanzania Chelewa is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 82 percent are found, Geita Region, where 7 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Chelewa exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Chelewa
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