Chifamba Surname

49,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chifamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chifamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe10,0501:1,53679
Australia1261:214,25220,680
South Africa681:796,73154,178
England571:977,51048,999
Botswana221:99,40615,343
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
Iceland91:42,2322,922
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Chifamba (201) may also be a first name.

Chifamba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chifamba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chifamba is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chifamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 49,514th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 701,468 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chifamba are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chifamba is also the 639,077th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 201 people.

The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 10,050 people, or 1 in 1,536. In Zimbabwe Chifamba is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 23 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Chifamba Last Name Statistics demography

Chifamba earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.06% less than the national average, earning $27,156 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chifgamba941/
Chifambah941/
Chaifamba941/
Hifamba931/
Chifambi88379/
Chifambe88105/
Chifemba8831/
Chifambo882/
Chefamba882/
Chifanba882/
Tshifamba8238/
Chiphamba829/
Zifamba80191/
Kifamba8069/
Sifamba801/
Chifombo7593/
Chufomba751/
Chiphambo71235/
Chivfombo711/
Tshiphamba671/
Jifambe671/
Chifomwa63156/
Siphamba639/
Kifoumba632/
Sefomba5347/
Sifombo535/
Siphambo50235/
Sephambo503/

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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 Chifamba
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