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 surname Chelwe (Marathi: चेलवे) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Chelwe reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Chelwe is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Chelwe is mostly concentrated in: Bomet County, where 100 percent are found. Beside Kenya Chelwe exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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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