Chemir Surname
Approximately 1,564 people bear this surname
Chemir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| France | 110 | 1:603,843 | 79,953 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Chémir (1) are calculated separately.
Chemir (58) may also be a first name.
Chemir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chemir (Marathi: चेमीर, Russian: Чемир) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may also be found as a variant: Chémir. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 252,918th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,659,556 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Chemir reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most widely held forename internationally It is held by 58 people.
This surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Aside from Ethiopia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemir in the Marathi language | ||
| चेमीर | cemira | - |
| Chemir in the Russian language | ||
| Чемир | cemir | - |
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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 Chemir
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