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 last name Chilema (Oriya: ଚିେଲମା) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 620,716th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilema are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chilema is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 330 people, or 1 in 48,030. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 37 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent live. Beside Zambia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 32 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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