Chajembe Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chajembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chajembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2141:215,79415,347

Chajembe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chajembe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chajembe is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chajembe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,129,067th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name Chajembe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chajembe are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 215,794. In Kenya Chajembe is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 99 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 0 percent are found and Taita Taveta County, where 0 percent are found.

Chajembe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Chajembe surname is predominantly Christian (60%) in Kenya.

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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 Chajembe
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