Chalamba Surname
Approximately 610 people bear this surname
Chalamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| India | 169 | 1:4,538,848 | 117,745 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Zambia | 14 | 1:1,132,137 | 30,603 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Chalamba (49) may also be a first name.
Chalamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chalamba (Hindi: चलम्बा) occurs most in Malawi. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chalamba.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalamba? popularity and diffusion
Chalamba is the 530,215th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,946,797 people. The last name Chalamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Chalamba are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chalamba is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 49 people.
The surname Chalamba is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Beside Malawi this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalamba in the Hindi language | ||
| चलम्बा | calamba | - |
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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 Chalamba
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