Chibwabwa Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Chibwabwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 404 | 1:39,232 | 3,909 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
Chibwabwa (32) may also be a first name.
Chibwabwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chibwabwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chibwabwa occurs most in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chibwabwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chibwabwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chibwabwa is the 671,677th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name Chibwabwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chibwabwa reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chibwabwa is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 404 people, or 1 in 39,232. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 59 percent are found, Northern Province, where 16 percent are found and Luapula Province, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tchibwabwa | 95 | 83 | / |
| Cibwabwa | 94 | 178 | / |
| Chipwabwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshibwabwa | 84 | 10,772 | / |
| Kibwabwa | 82 | 598 | / |
| Chipwapwa | 78 | 41 | / |
| Tsibwabwa | 78 | 5 | / |
| Chibbabba | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chibuabua | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kibwabwaa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshibuabwa | 74 | 4 | / |
| Tshibwabua | 74 | 1 | / |
| Cibuabua | 71 | 925 | / |
| Kebwabwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tshibuabua | 63 | 87,409 | / |
| Thsibuabua | 63 | 9 | / |
| Ttshibuabua | 60 | 1 | / |
| Tshibuabhua | 60 | 1 | / |
| Tshuibuabua | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kibuabua | 59 | 417 | / |
| Kipwapwa | 59 | 29 | / |
| Tsibuabua | 56 | 49 | / |
| Chipuapua | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kipwaapwa | 56 | 1 | / |
| Tchipuapua | 53 | 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 Chibwabwa
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