Chimasha Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Chimasha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 216 | 1:71,473 | 10,617 |
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
Chimasha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimasha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimasha is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chimasha.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimasha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,038,570th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. Chimasha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimasha reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 71,473. In Zimbabwe Chimasha is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 47 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent are found and Harare Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Chimasha
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