Chemwey Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Chemwey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Chemwey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemwey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chemwey is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemwey? popularity and diffusion
Chemwey is the 4,034,050th most common last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Chemwey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemwey live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 1,774,513. In Uganda Chemwey is most prevalent in: Kapchorwa District, where 64 percent are found, Bukwo District, where 32 percent are found and Kween District, where 5 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Chemwey
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