Chewele Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Chewele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 333 | 1:62,370 | 7,967 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chewele (66) may also be a first name.
Chewele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chewele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chewele occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chewele? popularity and diffusion
Chewele is the 677,464th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chewele reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most common first name on earth, borne by 66 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 62,370. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 91 percent are found, North Region, where 8 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 24 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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 Chewele
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