Family name ชเล (Chale 
, Chalew 
, ชเล ) , around the world, is a common last name. The cognomen ชเล is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is quite a common surname, Lesotho, and Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Tanzania, Mexico, and Ethiopia. Very seldom, ชเล is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Chale | Mexico, Ethiopia, Tanzania, India, Mozambique |
| Chalew | Canada, Ethiopia, United States, Thailand, France |
| ชเล | Thailand |