Chifumbu Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chifumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chifumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1041:152,40310,889
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Chifumbu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chifumbu is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chifumbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Chifumbu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,785,358th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifumbu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Chifumbu is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 152,403. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 93 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Chifumbu exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Chifumbu
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