Chikwembe Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Chikwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 484 | 1:32,748 | 3,337 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chikwembe (12) may also be a first name.
Chikwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chikwembe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikwembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chikwembe is the 615,220th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikwembe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most common first name worldwide, held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 484 people, or 1 in 32,748. In Zambia Chikwembe is most common in: Northern Province, where 26 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside and Central Province, where 15 percent reside. Not including Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikwemba | 89 | 898 | / |
| Chikwambi | 78 | 20 | / |
| Chigwemba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chikwimba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chiquembe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chekwemboi | 74 | 1,123 | / |
| Chekwemboy | 74 | 3 | / |
| Chicwambi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chingvmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinquembi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chiquimba | 56 | 93 | / |
| Chiquenba | 56 | 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 Chikwembe
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