Chemka Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Chemka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 504 | 1:105,043 | 10,238 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chemka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chemka (Hindi: चेमका, Russian: Чемка) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 603,653rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. The last name Chemka is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chemka live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 504 people, or 1 in 105,043. In Tanzania Chemka is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 64 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 15 percent live and Pwani Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Tanzania Chemka occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemka in the Hindi language | ||
| चेमका | cemaka | - |
| Chemka in the Russian language | ||
| Чемка | cemka | - |
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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 Chemka
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