Chilembe Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chilembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chilembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2421:65,4965,808
Tanzania651:814,48642,828
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chilembe (32) may also be a first name.

Chilembe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chilembe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chilembe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chilembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chilembe is the 727,600th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilembe live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 32 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 65,496. In Zambia Chilembe is primarily found in: Central Province, where 39 percent reside, Southern Province, where 21 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 15 percent reside. Not including Zambia it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside.

Chilembe Last Name Statistics demography

Chilembe earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 104.15% more than the national average, earning R 485,148 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Chilembe
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