Chetima Surname
Approximately 7,526 people bear this surname
Chetima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,017 | 1:6,884 | 849 |
| Niger | 2,549 | 1:7,529 | 609 |
| Chad | 1,926 | 1:7,057 | 1,004 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Chétima (14) are calculated separately.
Chetima (5,181) may also be a first name.
Chetima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chetima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chetima (Russian: Чэтима) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may occur as: Chétima. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chetima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chetima is the 66,242nd most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 968,316 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chetima live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Chadic Africa. Chetima is also the 94,101st most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,181 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3,017 people, or 1 in 6,884. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 84 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and North Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 34 percent live and Chad, where 26 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chetima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chetima in the Russian language | ||
| Чэтима | cetima | - |
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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 Chetima
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