Chimaimba Surname

195,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chimaimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chimaimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,1441:7,9851,197
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chimaimba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chimaimba occurs most in Malawi. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimaimba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 195,513th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,395,874 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimaimba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Chimaimba is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 2,144 people, or 1 in 7,985. Without taking into account Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 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
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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 Chimaimba
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