Chapemba Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Chapemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Chapemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chapemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chapemba is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chapemba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chapemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,380,086th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chapemba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Without taking into account Malawi Chapemba is found in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capemba | 93 | 13,028 | / |
| Chapomba | 88 | 1,043 | / |
| Chapamba | 88 | 441 | / |
| Chapembe | 88 | 222 | / |
| Shapemba | 88 | 10 | / |
| Capenmba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chaphimba | 82 | 131 | / |
| Chaipamba | 82 | 5 | / |
| Sapemba | 80 | 154 | / |
| Capenba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chopamba | 75 | 415 | / |
| Saphemba | 75 | 21 | / |
| Chepamba | 75 | 9 | / |
| Tchopmba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchapmbou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chapfombo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Copmba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sapimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khapimbi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hapenway | 63 | 0 | / |
| Zoupmba | 53 | 17 | / |
| Hopenwa | 53 | 2 | / |
| Capinua | 53 | 2 | / |
| Sopimba | 53 | 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 Chapemba
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