Chamvu Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Chamvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 53 | 1:299,055 | 16,868 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Chamvu (17) may also be a first name.
Chamvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chamvu occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chamvu.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamvu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chamvu is the 1,980,395th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chamvu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chamvu is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 17 people.
The last name Chamvu is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 299,055. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 70 percent are found, Southern Province, where 26 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camvu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Chamvoux | 86 | 48 | / |
| Chambu | 83 | 676 | / |
| Shamvu | 83 | 194 | / |
| Khamvu | 83 | 55 | / |
| Xhamvu | 83 | 23 | / |
| Chanvu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Chambou | 77 | 128 | / |
| Chambeu | 77 | 117 | / |
| Chambus | 77 | 15 | / |
| Tchambu | 77 | 15 | / |
| Chambau | 77 | 7 | / |
| Chambut | 77 | 4 | / |
| Chambud | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chambuy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cheambu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chanhvu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hambu | 73 | 496 | / |
| Cambu | 73 | 251 | / |
| Samvu | 73 | 66 | / |
| Chambaud | 71 | 1,493 | / |
| Tchambou | 71 | 962 | / |
| Chambaut | 71 | 131 | / |
| Chamboux | 71 | 90 | / |
| Tchambeu | 71 | 19 | / |
| Chambeux | 71 | 16 | / |
| Chambous | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tchanvou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chambuss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chambuha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chambouy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chanvoux | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchamwou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schambau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chambhau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chambout | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shambu | 67 | 1,919 | / |
| Cambui | 67 | 1,568 | / |
| Cambou | 67 | 1,173 | / |
| Khambu | 67 | 980 | / |
| Chambault | 67 | 685 | / |
| Cambuy | 67 | 321 | / |
| Hambut | 67 | 218 | / |
| Tsamvu | 67 | 125 | / |
| Chombu | 67 | 120 | / |
| Samvuu | 67 | 105 | / |
| Cambau | 67 | 32 | / |
| Cambuí | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hambou | 67 | 24 | / |
| Hambus | 67 | 22 | / |
| Zhambu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Chambó | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hambeu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hambau | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cambeu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Shanvu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hambuh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khomvu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chanbu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hanvou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chahambou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ciambu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chanwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Homvou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xhanvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tcheambou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chenvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Comvau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hanhvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samvui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheambudd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zamvou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hambuy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chamvu
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