Chiembe Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Chiembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chiembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiembe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiembe reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chiembe is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Gabon, where 7 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
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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 Chiembe
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