Chifumbe Surname
Approximately 915 people bear this surname
Chifumbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 905 | 1:17,514 | 1,962 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chifumbe (46) may also be a first name.
Chifumbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifumbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chifumbe is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chifumbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifumbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chifumbe is the 387,740th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifumbe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 46 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 905 people, or 1 in 17,514. In Zambia Chifumbe is mostly concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 32 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 25 percent live and Northern Province, where 19 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipfumbe | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chifumbi | 88 | 1,024 | / |
| Chifumba | 88 | 165 | / |
| Shifumbe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tshifumbe | 82 | 89 | / |
| Chipfumbi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chipfumba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kifumbe | 80 | 2,179 | / |
| Sifumbe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Shifumbi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shifumba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshifumba | 71 | 41 | / |
| Tshifumbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sifumba | 67 | 1,406 | / |
| Kifumba | 67 | 288 | / |
| Kifumbi | 67 | 109 | / |
| Sifombe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chifomwa | 63 | 156 | / |
| Kifoumba | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ssefumbe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tsifoumby | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kifumbaya | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sefumba | 53 | 148 | / |
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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 Chifumbe
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