Chimanja Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Chimanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Zimbabwe | 124 | 1:124,502 | 16,668 |
| Zambia | 59 | 1:268,643 | 15,815 |
Chimanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimanja is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chimanja.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimanja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 643,972nd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimanja are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Without taking into account Malawi Chimanja exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent live and Zambia, where 13 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
- 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 Chimanja
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