Chilombu Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Chilombu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
Chilombu (61) may also be a first name.
Chilombu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilombu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilombu is most common in The DR Congo. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilombu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 628,294th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilombu reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Chilombu is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 61 people.
The surname Chilombu is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 479 people, or 1 in 154,237. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiloombu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Cilombu | 93 | 21 | / |
| Chilumbu | 88 | 1,755 | / |
| Chilembu | 88 | 9 | / |
| Chilambu | 88 | 5 | / |
| Tchiloumbou | 84 | 6 | / |
| Tshilombu | 82 | 349 | / |
| Chillambu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kilombu | 80 | 27 | / |
| Tchilambou | 78 | 118 | / |
| Chelambu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Cilomboo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Quilombu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchiliambou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tshilambu | 71 | 384 | / |
| Kiloumbou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Chulambhu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kilambu | 67 | 312 | / |
| Silambu | 67 | 69 | / |
| Helambu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Jilambu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gilambu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gilumbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kilammbu | 63 | 5 | / |
| Quilombó | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shelaumbu | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kelambu | 53 | 169 | / |
| Gelambu | 53 | 80 | / |
| Kilamvu | 53 | 10 | / |
| Selambu | 53 | 3 | / |
| Kilanbu | 53 | 2 | / |
| Selambau | 50 | 22 | / |
| Kelambau | 50 | 2 | / |
| Kilammvu | 50 | 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 Chilombu
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