Chelwe Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Chelwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chelwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chelwe (Marathi: चेलवे) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chelwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chelwe is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Chelwe are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Bomet County, where 100 percent are found. Not including Kenya Chelwe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and India, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelwe 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 Chelwe
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