Chamva Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chamva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chamva (31) may also be a first name.
Chamva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chamva (Hindi: चम्वा, Marathi: चंपपा) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chamva is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamva are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 31 people.
The surname Chamva is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe Chamva is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 86 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 14 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamva in the Marathi language | ||
| चंपपा | campapa | - |
| Chamva in the Hindi language | ||
| चम्वा | camva | 82.35 |
| चमवा | camava | 17.65 |
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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 Chamva
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