Chihimba Surname
Approximately 719 people bear this surname
Chihimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 714 | 1:74,148 | 7,720 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chihimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihimba occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihimba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihimba is the 467,776th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,135,669 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihimba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Chihimba is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 714 people, or 1 in 74,148. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 95 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiimba | 93 | 975 | / |
| Hihimba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chijimba | 88 | 52 | / |
| Chihimbi | 88 | 48 | / |
| Chihemba | 88 | 25 | / |
| Tshihimba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chihhemba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kihimba | 80 | 154 | / |
| Chiimbo | 80 | 119 | / |
| Hihemba | 80 | 109 | / |
| Cihemba | 80 | 34 | / |
| Chiimbi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Chiimbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Chiemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chiyomba | 75 | 96 | / |
| Chihembe | 75 | 14 | / |
| Sihimbai | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chiiombe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chijimbi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchyimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shihemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chiuymba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kiimba | 71 | 460 | / |
| Tshijimba | 71 | 274 | / |
| Hiemba | 71 | 90 | / |
| Ziimba | 71 | 7 | / |
| Cyimba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Siimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Giimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiitembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kihemba | 67 | 645 | / |
| Kijimba | 67 | 213 | / |
| Jijimba | 67 | 148 | / |
| Chiembe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Shiemba | 67 | 14 | / |
| Chiembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gihemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kihimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jihemba | 67 | 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 Chihimba
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