Chibeya Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Chibeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 302 | 1:52,483 | 4,898 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Chibeya (18) may also be a first name.
Chibeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chibeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chibeya is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chibeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 790,102nd most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. Chibeya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chibeya live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
The surname Chibeya is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 52,483. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 43 percent reside, Western Province, where 23 percent reside and Southern Province, where 23 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 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
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- 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 Chibeya
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