Cheembe Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Cheembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 510 | 1:31,078 | 3,191 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Cheembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheembe occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 606,498th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. The last name Cheembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheembe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 510 people, or 1 in 31,078. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 70 percent are found, Central Province, where 15 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent are found. Other than Zambia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Cheembe
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