Chinemelu Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Chinemelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinemelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3001:590,47628,418
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Chinemelu (226) may also be a first name.

Chinemelu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chinemelu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chinemelu is most common in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinemelu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 844,382nd most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Chinemelu live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chinemelu is also the 598,137th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 226 people.

Chinemelu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 590,476. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 19 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Delta, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Chinemelu Last Name Statistics demography

Chinemelu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year.

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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 Chinemelu
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