Chikaba Surname
Approximately 460 people bear this surname
Chikaba Surname Definition:
Chikaba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: and so it will be. A prediction that a prophesy is about to come to pass.
Chikaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 437 | 1:36,270 | 3,657 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chikaba (12) may also be a first name.
Chikaba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chikaba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: and so it will be. A prediction that a prophesy is about to come to pass.
Chikaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikaba occurs most in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikaba? popularity and diffusion
Chikaba is the 655,080th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikaba reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chikaba is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 12 people.
This surname is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 437 people, or 1 in 36,270. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 30 percent live, Central Province, where 19 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.
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Footnotes
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