Chapima Surname

447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chapima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chapima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chapima Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chapima Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chapima is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chapima click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chapima? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 447,229th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,563,709 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chapima are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Chapima is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Barring Malawi Chapima exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 0 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 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 Chapima
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