Chemene Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Chemene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chemene (99) may also be a first name.
Chemene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chemene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﻦ) is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chemene is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chemene reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 951,070th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 99 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Chemene is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 93 percent reside and West Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Chemene is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent reside and Kenya, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﻦ | shmn | - |
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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 Chemene
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