Chimanda Surname
Approximately 1,872 people bear this surname
Chimanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| Zambia | 534 | 1:29,682 | 3,066 |
| Zimbabwe | 317 | 1:48,701 | 7,459 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chimanda (46) may also be a first name.
Chimanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimanda (Marathi: िचमंडा) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chimanda.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimanda? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimanda is the 218,739th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,892,920 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimanda live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 46 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 993 people, or 1 in 17,240. Other than Malawi it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 29 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chimanda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chimanda in the Marathi language | ||
| िचमंडा | icamanda | 66.67 |
| चीमंडा | cimanda | 22.22 |
| चीमंदास | cimandasa | 11.11 |
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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 Chimanda
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