Chemai Surname
Approximately 686 people bear this surname
Chemai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 519 | 1:88,979 | 8,029 |
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 1:162,508 | 20,181 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
The alternate forms: Chemaï (1) are calculated separately.
Chemai (629) may also be a first name.
Chemai Demographics
Average Chemai Salary in
United States
$103,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chemai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chemai (Oriya: େଚମାଇ, Tibetan: ཅེ་མའི།) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Chemaï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chemai is the 484,676th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,623,245 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Chemai live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 332,048th most common forename on earth, held by 629 people.
The last name Chemai is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 519 people, or 1 in 88,979. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 40 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 32 percent reside and Nandi County, where 27 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Chemai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Chemai earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 140.59% more than the national average, earning $103,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚମାଇ | ecama'i | 55.56 |
| ଚିମାଇଁ | cima'im | 11.11 |
| େଚେମଇଁ | ecema'im | 11.11 |
| େଚେମଇ | ecema'i | 11.11 |
| େଚମାଇଁ | ecama'im | 11.11 |
| Chemai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅེ་མའི། | chémé | 50 |
| གཅོས་མའི། | chömé | 50 |
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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 Chemai
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