Chimaye Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Chimaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chimaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimaye is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Chimaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimaye are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chimaye is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 532,353. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 41 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 31 percent live and Harare Province, where 28 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 12 percent live and Malawi, where 10 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 Chimaye
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