Chakalamba Surname
Approximately 1,269 people bear this surname
Chakalamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chakalamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakalamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chakalamba is most common in Malawi. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakalamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 299,736th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,742,747 people. Chakalamba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chakalamba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 1,255 people, or 1 in 13,641. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakalyamba | 90 | 92 | / |
| Khakalamba | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shakalamba | 90 | 1 | / |
| Sakalamba | 84 | 103 | / |
| Hakalomba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Shakalombo | 70 | 27 | / |
| Siakalomba | 70 | 15 | / |
| Siakalambo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Tshakalombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sacalombo | 53 | 5 | / |
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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 Chakalamba
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