Chinel
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Chinel is a surname, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script.
- PHPhilippines1 in 170K◐
- NGNigeria1 in 8M
- USUnited States1 in 38M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈678 ◐
- Sources
- 39 ●
- 1 in 170K ◐
across 3 countries
1.5K records
Official registry-verified
Philippines
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by estimated bearers.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈642 | 1.2K rec. | 1 in 170K | — | Chinel | 7 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈27 | 18 rec. | 1 in 8M | — | Chinel | 3 |
| US United States | ≈9 | 279 rec. | 1 in 38M | — | Chinel | 39 |
| GD Grenada | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Roughly 642 people in Philippines bear this name (about 1 in 170K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
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Languages●
- English1.2K92%
- French594%
- Indonesian202%
- Spanish131%
- Italian51%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1,213 | 92% |
| French | 59 | 4% |
| Indonesian | 20 | 2% |
| Spanish | 13 | 1% |
| Italian | 5 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD Grenada | Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #132 |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 1 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Chinel?
- We estimate roughly 678 people bear Chinel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.
- In which country does Chinel have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 642 people bear Chinel in the Philippines, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled chinel.
- Where is Chinel most common?
- Chinel is densest in the Philippines, where we estimate about 1 in 170 thousand people carry it.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chinel”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.