Chihoma Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Chihoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 119 | 1:129,733 | 17,214 |
Chihoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chihoma is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihoma is the 832,284th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihoma live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 248,552. In Tanzania Chihoma is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 55 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 32 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent live.
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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 Chihoma
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