Chifambi Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Chifambi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 143 | 1:107,960 | 14,912 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chifambi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifambi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chifambi occurs most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chifambi.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifambi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chifambi is the 755,622nd most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifambi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Excluding Malawi Chifambi occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chifamba | 88 | 10,389 | / |
| Chifambe | 88 | 105 | / |
| Tchifambe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chaifamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zifambi | 80 | 131 | / |
| Kifambi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hifamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chefamba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chifanba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chifembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshifamba | 71 | 38 | / |
| Chiphamba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kifamba | 67 | 69 | / |
| Zifambe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Jifambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sifamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chifomwa | 63 | 156 | / |
| Chefanwi | 63 | 3 | / |
| Tshiphamba | 56 | 1 | / |
| Sifombe | 53 | 10 | / |
| Siphambe | 50 | 44 | / |
| Siphamba | 50 | 9 | / |
| Kifoumba | 50 | 2 | / |
| Sephambe | 50 | 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 Chifambi
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