Chakwamba Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Chakwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chakwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chakwamba is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakwamba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 681,965th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 16,714,555 people. Chakwamba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chakwamba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Chakwamba is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Barring Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chakwambai | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chakwaamba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Hakwamba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chakuamba | 89 | 631 | / |
| Chagwamba | 89 | 5 | / |
| Chakwemba | 89 | 2 | / |
| Chakwambi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Chekwamba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chokwamba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshakwamba | 84 | 34 | / |
| Haukwambi | 78 | 135 | / |
| Chacuamba | 78 | 5 | / |
| Chekuamba | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chagwambi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chekwembo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dzagwamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chekwemboi | 63 | 1,123 | / |
| Chekwemboy | 63 | 3 | / |
| Tshakuomba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Jakwombe | 59 | 4 | / |
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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 Chakwamba
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