Chenela Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Chenela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 29 | 1:1,825,573 | 47,638 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chenela (17) may also be a first name.
Chenela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chenela occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chenela live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chenela is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 1,825,573. In Tanzania Chenela is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 31 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 31 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Chenela is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 45 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Chenela
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