Chelume Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Chelume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chelume (4) may also be a first name.
Chelume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chelume is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelume? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Chelume are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 4 people.
It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kampala District, where 50 percent reside and Kapchorwa District, where 50 percent reside. Besides Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 33 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 Chelume
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