Chimamba Surname
Approximately 750 people bear this surname
Chimamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| Zambia | 288 | 1:55,034 | 5,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimamba has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chimamba is the 452,572nd most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 9,716,728 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimamba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 38 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimaimba | 94 | 2,146 | / |
| Chimhamba | 94 | 6 | / |
| Chimaamba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Himamba | 93 | 11 | / |
| Chimambo | 88 | 420 | / |
| Chimambi | 88 | 146 | / |
| Chimomba | 88 | 109 | / |
| Himaamba | 88 | 97 | / |
| Shimamba | 88 | 49 | / |
| Chimemba | 88 | 14 | / |
| Chumamba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Zhimamba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimanba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shimaamba | 82 | 15 | / |
| Tshimamba | 82 | 4 | / |
| Tchimambo | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chimoomba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Simamba | 80 | 787 | / |
| Kimamba | 80 | 724 | / |
| Himambi | 80 | 75 | / |
| Himambo | 80 | 74 | / |
| Hemamba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Himomba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zimamba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Himambe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Himamwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tchimambou | 78 | 217 | / |
| Chimanbhai | 78 | 102 | / |
| Chimotimba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chimombo | 75 | 12,220 | / |
| Chimombe | 75 | 5,303 | / |
| Himaambo | 75 | 639 | / |
| Simaamba | 75 | 234 | / |
| Zimhamba | 75 | 120 | / |
| Chemambo | 75 | 93 | / |
| Shimomba | 75 | 54 | / |
| Simaimba | 75 | 44 | / |
| Simaumba | 75 | 42 | / |
| Himoomba | 75 | 39 | / |
| Himambhi | 75 | 18 | / |
| Himambee | 75 | 11 | / |
| Shimambo | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kaimamba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chimanwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Haimambi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Himmambi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chimembo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Himaambi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hemambha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shemamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Himaumbi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shimachemba | 74 | 34 | / |
| Shimoomba | 71 | 438 | / |
| Chimhombi | 71 | 85 | / |
| Shimaambo | 71 | 22 | / |
| Simahamba | 71 | 16 | / |
| Himambhee | 71 | 4 | / |
| Simatimba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shimaunba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimhombo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimanwad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiomombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshimambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimambo | 67 | 11,056 | / |
| Simambo | 67 | 219 | / |
| Semamba | 67 | 37 | / |
| Himanbi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Shemahamba | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kemamba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jimambo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tshimgomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Himombe | 67 | 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
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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 Chimamba
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