Chelmiah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Chelmiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Chelmiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelmiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelmiah is found most in Mauritius. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelmiah? popularity and diffusion
Chelmiah is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Chelmiah are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
It is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 258,683. In Mauritius Chelmiah is primarily concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 80 percent are found and Rivière Noire District, where 20 percent are found. Beside Mauritius this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 40 percent are found and Ireland, where 10 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
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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 Chelmiah
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