Chelve Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Chelve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chelve (7) may also be a first name.
Chelve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chelve (Marathi: चेलवे) is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelve? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chelve is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Chelve live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Chelve is also the 4,548,448th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 7 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 67 percent live and Kedah, where 33 percent live. Barring Malaysia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and India, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelve in the Marathi language | ||
| चेलवे | celave | - |
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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 Chelve
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