Chemess Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Chemess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chemess (19) may also be a first name.
Chemess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chemess (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemess? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Chemess is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemess live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 19 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Chemess is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 89 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 11 percent reside. Beside Mauritania Chemess is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemess Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemess in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﺲ | shms | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺲ | alshms | 50 |
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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 Chemess
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