Chemen Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Chemen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| Ukraine | 25 | 1:1,820,908 | 133,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Chemen (361) may also be a first name.
Chemen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chemen (Georgian: ჩემენ, Oriya: େଚେମନ, Russian: Чемен) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemen? popularity and diffusion
Chemen is the 1,115,011th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name Chemen is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Chemen are found; 33 percent are found in East Africa and 29 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 458,188th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 361 people.
Chemen is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 757,048. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Kenya Chemen is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and Argentina, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemen in the Georgian language | ||
| ჩემენ | chemen | - |
| Chemen in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚେମନ | ecemana | - |
| Chemen in the Russian language | ||
| Чемен | cemen | - |
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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 Chemen
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