Chilembe Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Chilembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 242 | 1:65,496 | 5,808 |
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chilembe (32) may also be a first name.
Chilembe Demographics
Average Chilembe Salary in
South Africa
R 485,148
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chilembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilembe is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilembe? popularity and diffusion
Chilembe is the 727,600th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. Chilembe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilembe live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chilembe is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 32 people.
This surname is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 65,496. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 39 percent are found, Southern Province, where 21 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.
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
- 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 Chilembe
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