Chélin Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chélin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Chelin (973) & Chelín (2) are calculated separately.
Chélin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chélin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chélin is found most in South Africa. It may also appear as: Chelin or Chelín. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chélin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Chélin occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Chélin are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live and Western Cape, where 50 percent live. Excluding South Africa Chélin exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 25 percent live and France, where 25 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 Chélin
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