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
Chifumbe is found most in Zambia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifumbe? popularity and diffusion
Chifumbe is the 387,740th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. The surname Chifumbe is mostly 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 widely held first name globally, held by 46 people.
The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 905 people, or 1 in 17,514. In Zambia Chifumbe is most common in: Luapula Province, where 32 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 25 percent reside and Northern Province, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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