Chemaly Surname
Approximately 869 people bear this surname
Chemaly Surname User-submission:
1 - It was attributed to persons who had moved on from the extreme north of the country downwards to the Mount Lebanon area, mainly Keserwan.
Read More About This SurnameChemaly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 388 | 1:139,633 | 16,083 |
| United States | 178 | 1:2,036,286 | 130,241 |
| France | 79 | 1:840,794 | 99,796 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Chémaly (1) are calculated separately.
Chemaly (72) may also be a first name.
Chemaly Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name comes from the Arabic, شمالي, meaning 'from the north' or 'northerner'. There are two common interpretations for the family name:
1 - It was attributed to persons who had moved on from the extreme north of the country downwards to the Mount Lebanon area, mainly Keserwan. 2 - It was attributed to persons from the southern part of Lebanon who had moved north into those central Mount Lebanon areas.
- chemaliChemaly Demographics
Average Chemaly Salary in
United States
$42,142 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chemaly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemaly Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chemaly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺎﻟﻲ) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Chémaly. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemaly? popularity and diffusion
It is the 403,615th most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,386,129 people. The surname Chemaly is primarily found in Africa, where 45 percent of Chemaly reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most numerous first name in the world, held by 72 people.
The surname Chemaly is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 388 people, or 1 in 139,633. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 31 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent live and Western Cape, where 17 percent live. Other than South Africa it is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
Chemaly Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chemaly last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chemaly earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.06% more than the national average, earning R 465,924 per year; in United States they earn 2.33% less than the national average, earning $42,142 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.77% less than the national average, earning $41,850 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemaly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemaly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﺎﻟﻲ | shmaly | - |
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