Chaamba Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Chaamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 135 | 1:117,407 | 9,018 |
| Zimbabwe | 132 | 1:116,956 | 15,881 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Chaamba (16) may also be a first name.
Chaamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chaamba is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 968,490th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The last name Chaamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaamba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 16 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 117,407. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Central Province, where 43 percent reside, Southern Province, where 35 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 49 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Chaamba
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