Chimele Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Chimele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chimele (1,067) may also be a first name.
Chimele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimele occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Chimele is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Chimele are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 244,901st most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 1,067 people.
The surname Chimele is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 85 percent are found, Ekiti, where 9 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Chimele
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