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
The surname Chiemela is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiemela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 317,700th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,181,125 people. The last name Chiemela is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiemela reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 99,498th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 4,735 people.
Chiemela is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,168 people, or 1 in 151,663. In Nigeria Chiemela is most common in: Abia, where 82 percent are found, Rivers, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Chiemela is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, 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 Chiemela
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