Chemeh Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Chemeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Chemeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chemeh occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chemeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemeh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chemeh live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Chemeh is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Chemeh is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 90 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 5 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Chemeh
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