Chifwembe Surname
Approximately 776 people bear this surname
Chifwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 775 | 1:20,452 | 2,257 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chifwembe (17) may also be a first name.
Chifwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chifwembe is most common in Zambia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifwembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 440,964th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,391,167 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifwembe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 17 people.
Chifwembe is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 775 people, or 1 in 20,452. In Zambia Chifwembe is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 35 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent are found and Muchinga Province, where 18 percent are found. Beside Zambia it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tshifwembe | 84 | 41 | / |
| Kifwembe | 82 | 21 | / |
| Chibvembe | 78 | 268 | / |
| Chivwemba | 78 | 5 | / |
| Tshifuembe | 74 | 308 | / |
| Chibhvembe | 74 | 7 | / |
| Kifwemba | 71 | 21 | / |
| Chibvembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshifuemba | 63 | 27 | / |
| Tshivuembe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kifwimbi | 59 | 21 | / |
| Sebuhembe | 56 | 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 Chifwembe
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