Chilume Surname
Approximately 822 people bear this surname
Chilume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 745 | 1:2,935 | 376 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chilume (188) may also be a first name.
Chilume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chilume occurs more in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilume? popularity and diffusion
It is the 421,746th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,865,628 people. Chilume is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilume reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 188 people.
The surname Chilume is most numerous in Botswana, where it is held by 745 people, or 1 in 2,935. Aside from Botswana this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chilume
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