Chiamba Surname
Approximately 571 people bear this surname
Chiamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 405 | 1:130,720 | 12,231 |
| Cameroon | 87 | 1:238,725 | 23,654 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiamba (12) may also be a first name.
Chiamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiamba is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 557,062nd most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,762,777 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Chiamba live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chiamba is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 405 people, or 1 in 130,720. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 80 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Chiamba exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 15 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Chiamba
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