Chilomba Surname
Approximately 1,014 people bear this surname
Chilomba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 524 | 1:30,248 | 3,118 |
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chilomba (11) may also be a first name.
Chilomba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilomba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilomba is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilomba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 357,784th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 7,186,929 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilomba reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common given name globally, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 524 people, or 1 in 30,248. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 51 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside and Luapula Province, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 44 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Chilomba
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