Chakulimba Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chakulimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chakulimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2161:73,3796,334
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Chakulimba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chakulimba is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chakulimba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,067,497th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chakulimba live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 73,379. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 50 percent live, Central Province, where 12 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent live. Barring Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 percent live and Malawi, where 2 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Chakulimba
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