Chatima Surname
Approximately 1,042 people bear this surname
Chatima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 729 | 1:21,177 | 3,164 |
| Niger | 267 | 1:71,880 | 3,244 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chatima (188) may also be a first name.
Chatima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chatima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chatima is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chatima.
How Common Is The Last Name Chatima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chatima is the 350,215th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,993,806 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chatima reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chatima is also the 663,277th most numerous forename internationally, held by 188 people.
The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 729 people, or 1 in 21,177. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 33 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent live and Harare Province, where 25 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 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 Chatima
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