Chimame Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Chimame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chimame (12) may also be a first name.
Chimame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimame occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,121,169th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Chimame occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimame reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 208,625. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 99 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Chimame
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