Chimaze Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Chimaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chimaze (28) may also be a first name.
Chimaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimaze occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimaze? popularity and diffusion
Chimaze is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimaze live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 28 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Chimaze is most numerous in: Rivers, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 29 percent are found and Abia, where 18 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 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 Chimaze
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