Chimela Surname
Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname
Chimela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 569 | 1:93,043 | 9,294 |
| Nigeria | 190 | 1:932,330 | 40,120 |
| Zambia | 188 | 1:84,308 | 7,077 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimela (874) may also be a first name.
Chimela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimela is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimela is the 356,452nd most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,151,664 people. The surname Chimela occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimela live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 275,161st most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 874 people.
The surname Chimela is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 569 people, or 1 in 93,043. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mtwara Region, where 74 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Zambia, where 18 percent live.
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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 Chimela
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