Chme Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Chme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chme is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Chme are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Chme is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 80 percent live and Enugu, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Chme exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 23 percent live and Taiwan, where 15 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 Chme
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