Chematia Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Chematia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 354 | 1:130,452 | 10,733 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chematia (92) may also be a first name.
Chematia Demographics
Chematia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chematia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chematia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chematia occurs most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chematia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 748,537th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname Chematia is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chematia are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 92 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 130,452. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Trans Nzoia County, where 31 percent live, Nandi County, where 18 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 15 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Chematia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chematiah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hematia | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chematya | 88 | 11 | / |
| Hematiha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hemmatia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimathia | 82 | 0 | / |
| Jematia | 80 | 360 | / |
| Kematia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hemotia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hematijo | 75 | 29 | / |
| Semaitia | 75 | 11 | / |
| Chimatya | 75 | 4 | / |
| Haimatia | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chematyo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Semattia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kemmatia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hemmatyah | 71 | 70 | / |
| Chommatya | 71 | 28 | / |
| Hemmatyad | 71 | 8 | / |
| Simatia | 67 | 467 | / |
| Kimatia | 67 | 221 | / |
| Kematio | 67 | 55 | / |
| Gemotia | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hemmatijou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zemotia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hematjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sematya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hemmatyaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jematya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chematia
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis