Chihambakwe Surname

463,189th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chihambakwe Surname User-submission:

The surname Chihambakwe means 'ancient sacred place, where travellers used to put stones'.

Chihambakwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe7091:21,7753,273
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Chihambakwe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Chihambakwe means 'ancient sacred place, where travellers used to put stones'.

- chihambakwekizim
DNA test information

Chihambakwe Last Name Facts

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

Chihambakwe is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chihambakwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 463,189th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,010,365 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chihambakwe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 709 people, or 1 in 21,775. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent live, Harare Province, where 18 percent live and Midlands Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chihambakwi911/
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Chihambuka761/
Syambokwe604/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chihambakwe
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