Chemame Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Chemame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 139 | 1:277,925 | 28,296 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Chemame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chemame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺎﻣﻪ) is found most in Algeria. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemame are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name Chemame is most frequent in Algeria, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 277,925. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Relizane Province, where 93 percent reside, El Taref Province, where 3 percent reside and Tébessa Province, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 10 percent reside and Morocco, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﺎﻣﻪ | shmamh | 85.71 |
| ﺷﻤﺎﻡ | shmam | 14.29 |
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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 Chemame
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