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
Chemene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﻦ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chemene reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Chemene is also the 951,070th most common first name world-wide It is held by 99 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 93 percent are found and West Region, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found and Kenya, where 23 percent are found.
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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