Chifumbo Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Chifumbo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 64 | 1:247,655 | 15,017 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chifumbo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifumbo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chifumbo is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifumbo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chifumbo is the 2,372,517th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Chifumbo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifumbo are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 247,655. In Zambia Chifumbo is most common in: Muchinga Province, where 47 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 39 percent live and Central Province, where 8 percent live. Barring Zambia it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipfumbo | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chifumba | 88 | 165 | / |
| Chifombo | 88 | 93 | / |
| Chifimbo | 88 | 3 | / |
| Tshifumbo | 82 | 48 | / |
| Chivfombo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chipfumba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kifumbo | 80 | 31 | / |
| Sifumbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shifumba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshifumba | 71 | 41 | / |
| Sifumba | 67 | 1,406 | / |
| Kifumba | 67 | 288 | / |
| Sifombo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kefumbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chifomwa | 63 | 156 | / |
| Kifoumba | 63 | 2 | / |
| Sefumba | 53 | 148 | / |
| Gefumba | 53 | 75 | / |
| Siphombo | 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
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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 Chifumbo
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