Chemaa Surname
Approximately 970 people bear this surname
Chemaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 587 | 1:65,812 | 10,795 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chemaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chemaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﻌﻪ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemaa? popularity and diffusion
Chemaa is the 370,384th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,512,934 people. The surname Chemaa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chemaa live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 587 people, or 1 in 65,812. In Algeria Chemaa is most numerous in: Jijel Province, where 46 percent are found, Relizane Province, where 22 percent are found and Mila Province, where 16 percent are found. Beside Algeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 39 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﻌﻪ | shmh | - |
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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 Chemaa
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