Chesam Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Chesam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 58 | 1:912,786 | 44,301 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
Chesam (1,688) may also be a first name.
Chesam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chesam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chesam is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chesam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chesam is the 2,372,517th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Chesam reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chesam is also the 187,233rd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 1,688 people.
It is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 912,786. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Njombe Region, where 93 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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 Chesam
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