Chilemu Surname
Approximately 664 people bear this surname
Chilemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 486 | 1:32,613 | 3,325 |
| Tanzania | 176 | 1:300,805 | 23,193 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chilemu (306) may also be a first name.
Chilemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilemu occurs most in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilemu? popularity and diffusion
Chilemu is the 496,702nd most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilemu live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 503,193rd most commonly used first name on earth, held by 306 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 486 people, or 1 in 32,613. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Western Province, where 46 percent live, North-Western Province, where 30 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilemud | 93 | 18 | / |
| Tchilemu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chelemu | 86 | 331 | / |
| Shilemu | 86 | 21 | / |
| Chilimu | 86 | 13 | / |
| Chilamu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Tshilemu | 80 | 356 | / |
| Chelemut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chailamu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shailemu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chellemu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kilemu | 77 | 169 | / |
| Silemu | 77 | 116 | / |
| Gilemu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Helemu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Helemou | 71 | 220 | / |
| Quilemu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Chelimu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Shelemu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kailemu | 71 | 9 | / |
| Chelamu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Shilimu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Soilemu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hselemu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chelimmu | 67 | 195 | / |
| Shelemut | 67 | 49 | / |
| Cheelamu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chellamu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tsilemou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chelemoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gillemui | 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 Chilemu
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