Chiemela Surname
Approximately 1,179 people bear this surname
Chiemela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,168 | 1:151,663 | 9,608 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiemela (4,735) may also be a first name.
Chiemela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiemela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiemela is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chiemela.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiemela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiemela is the 317,700th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,181,125 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiemela live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chiemela is also the 99,498th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 4,735 people.
Chiemela is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,168 people, or 1 in 151,663. In Nigeria Chiemela is mostly found in: Abia, where 82 percent reside, Rivers, where 7 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 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 Chiemela
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