Chilema Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Chilema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 330 | 1:48,030 | 4,567 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chilema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilema (Oriya: ଚିେଲମା) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 620,716th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilema live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 330 people, or 1 in 48,030. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 37 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 32 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chilema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chilema in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିେଲମା | cielama | - |
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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
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- 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 Chilema
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