Chamvula Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Chamvula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 71 | 1:223,238 | 14,032 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chamvula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamvula Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamvula occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamvula? popularity and diffusion
Chamvula is the 2,203,767th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. Chamvula is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamvula are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 223,238. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Province, where 55 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 44 percent live and Muchinga Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Zambia Chamvula exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 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 Chamvula
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