Chimereze Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Chimereze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 242 | 1:731,995 | 33,424 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimereze (494) may also be a first name.
Chimereze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimereze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimereze has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimereze? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,028,911th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name Chimereze occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimereze reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chimereze is also the 381,888th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 494 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 39 percent are found, Enugu, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Chimereze exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimerieze | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chimereeze | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chemereze | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chimereza | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chimaraeze | 84 | 7 | / |
| Chimereche | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kimereze | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chimarize | 78 | 19 | / |
| Chimerizi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chimerizie | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chimaridze | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chimaradze | 74 | 1 | / |
| Qimeridze | 67 | 641 | / |
| Kimeridze | 67 | 40 | / |
| Chimerica | 67 | 21 | / |
| Chemiridze | 63 | 1 | / |
| Semereza | 59 | 1 | / |
| Himiriza | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kyomerize | 56 | 50 | / |
| Chemarize | 56 | 20 | / |
| Kymerydze | 56 | 6 | / |
| Chemerisi | 56 | 4 | / |
| Kimiridze | 56 | 2 | / |
| Chimirisi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kemerezis | 56 | 1 | / |
| Chemeritsa | 53 | 8 | / |
| Chemerytsa | 53 | 5 | / |
| Chimiritsa | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Chimereze
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis