Chambega Surname
Approximately 834 people bear this surname
Chambega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 831 | 1:63,708 | 6,776 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chambega (14) may also be a first name.
Chambega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chambega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chambega occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chambega? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chambega is the 416,960th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chambega live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chambega is also the 3,024,661st most frequent given name in the world, borne by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 63,708. In Tanzania Chambega is most common in: Tanga Region, where 63 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Chambega occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambegga | 94 | 2 | / |
| Chambegha | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chamboga | 88 | 129 | / |
| Chambaga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sambega | 80 | 184 | / |
| Zambega | 80 | 17 | / |
| Hambiga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jambega | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cambiga | 80 | 0 | / |
| Chambogo | 75 | 364 | / |
| Chambago | 75 | 294 | / |
| Chambige | 75 | 19 | / |
| Chemboga | 75 | 2 | / |
| Shambiga | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zambeega | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hambeger | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hambeiger | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sambiga | 67 | 145 | / |
| Jambiga | 67 | 81 | / |
| Sambego | 67 | 8 | / |
| Zambiga | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hambige | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canbiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zamwega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jambegi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chambega
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