Chiambah Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Chiambah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 500 | 1:41,538 | 5,524 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiambah (13) may also be a first name.
Chiambah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiambah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiambah is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiambah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 615,220th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname Chiambah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiambah reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Chiambah is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name Chiambah is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 41,538. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent live, Southwest Region, where 21 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiamba | 93 | 571 | / |
| Chihamba | 88 | 387 | / |
| Chiamboh | 88 | 17 | / |
| Chiambas | 88 | 5 | / |
| Chiambai | 88 | 3 | / |
| Chijamba | 88 | 3 | / |
| Chiombah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chiahmba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hiamba | 86 | 55 | / |
| Chiahumba | 82 | 80 | / |
| Chiahamba | 82 | 5 | / |
| Choijamba | 82 | 4 | / |
| Chiomba | 80 | 3,261 | / |
| Chiambo | 80 | 84 | / |
| Cheamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chihomba | 75 | 27 | / |
| Chiambou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chiambop | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chihambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chiambei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chajomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chiaambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hyamba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Hiambo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jiamba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Heamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hiomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jihamba | 67 | 130 | / |
| Chiombo | 67 | 40 | / |
| Gehamba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gihamba | 67 | 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 Chiambah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis