Cheselemi Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Cheselemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cheselemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693

Cheselemi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cheselemi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cheselemi is most common in Uganda. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Cheselemi.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheselemi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheselemi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Cheselemi is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 2,788,520. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Bugiri District, where 93 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 7 percent are found. Not including Uganda it is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 42 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chiselema785/
Kiselemi711/
Chizelema67267/
Sicheleme674/
Chiselima671/
Koichelimi631/
Hegelheimer6046/
Kiselema59285/
Jesilimi595/
Sesilimi591/
Secilimis562/
Shigelimi561/
Huichileme531/
Huichilemea501/

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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 Cheselemi
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