Chems Surname
Approximately 630 people bear this surname
Chems Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 579 | 1:59,544 | 9,923 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chems (2,792) may also be a first name.
Chems Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chems Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chems (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺲ, Hindi: चेम्स) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chems.
How Common Is The Last Name Chems? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 517,348th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 11,567,533 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chems are found; 94 percent are found in North Africa and 94 percent are found in Mahgreb. Chems is also the 138,098th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,792 people.
It is most common in Morocco, where it is borne by 579 people, or 1 in 59,544. Besides Morocco this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 4 percent are found and Tunisia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chems Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chems in the Hindi language | ||
| चेम्स | cemsa | - |
| Chems in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﺲ | shms | 63.16 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺲ | alshms | 36.84 |
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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 Chems
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