Chihami Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
Chihami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Tanzania | 218 | 1:242,851 | 19,731 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Chihami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chihami occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Chihami click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihami? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihami is the 582,011th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,520,493 people. Chihami is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihami live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Excluding Malawi it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chihami
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