Chemela Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Chemela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Chemela (159) may also be a first name.
Chemela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chemela (Hindi: चेमेला, Marathi: चमेला, Oriya: େଚେମଲା) is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Chemela are found; 32 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chemela is also the 727,628th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 159 people.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe Chemela is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 100 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemela in the Hindi language | ||
| चेमेला | cemela | - |
| Chemela in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚେମଲା | ecemala | - |
| Chemela in the Marathi language | ||
| चमेला | camela | - |
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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
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- 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 Chemela
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