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
The last name Chimele occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Chimele occurs predominantly 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. Chimele is also the 244,901st most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,067 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 85 percent reside, Ekiti, where 9 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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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