Chilemela Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Chilemela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Chilemela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilemela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilemela is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilemela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Chilemela live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 581,776. In Tanzania Chilemela is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 93 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found and Angola, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chileemela | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chelemela | 89 | 34 | / |
| Chilimela | 89 | 25 | / |
| Chilemila | 89 | 22 | / |
| Cheliemela | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chilemalla | 84 | 1 | / |
| Silemela | 82 | 3 | / |
| Jilemela | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kilemela | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chelimela | 78 | 1,394 | / |
| Shilimela | 78 | 414 | / |
| Chilamala | 78 | 390 | / |
| Chilemile | 78 | 213 | / |
| Chilimila | 78 | 131 | / |
| Chilimala | 78 | 20 | / |
| Chelemala | 78 | 12 | / |
| Chelamela | 78 | 8 | / |
| Chilamila | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chilamola | 78 | 1 | / |
| Khelemelya | 74 | 28 | / |
| Chilamalla | 74 | 9 | / |
| Chelimeela | 74 | 8 | / |
| Chelemalla | 74 | 8 | / |
| Chilimalla | 74 | 7 | / |
| Chellimela | 74 | 5 | / |
| Selemela | 71 | 5,007 | / |
| Silimela | 71 | 1,287 | / |
| Celimela | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gelemela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jelemela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chelimeli | 67 | 15 | / |
| Shelimela | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tsilimela | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seelemela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shilimila | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chilemela
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