Chambeya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chambeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chambeya (6) may also be a first name.
Chambeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chambeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chambeya is most common in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chambeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chambeya live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most widely held first name in the world, held by 6 people.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 17,647,204. In Tanzania Chambeya is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live, Lindi Region, where 33 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 33 percent live. Other than Tanzania Chambeya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 25 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
- 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 Chambeya
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