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 surname Chemess (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺲ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemess? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemess are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name on earth, held by 19 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Chemess is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 89 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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