Chimba Surname
Approximately 8,515 people bear this surname
Chimba Surname Definition:
Chimba is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: small fish.
Chimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 6,268 | 1:2,529 | 333 |
| Ecuador | 766 | 1:20,765 | 2,902 |
| Kenya | 461 | 1:100,173 | 8,771 |
| Tanzania | 324 | 1:163,400 | 14,541 |
| Zimbabwe | 309 | 1:49,962 | 7,616 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| South Africa | 67 | 1:808,622 | 54,680 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Georgia | 8 | 1:468,193 | 17,304 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Chimba (643) may also be a first name.
Chimba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chimba is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: small fish.
Chimba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: digger.
Chimba Demographics
Chimba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimba (Georgian: ჩიმბა, Hindi: चिम्बा, Russian: Чимба) is most common in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chimba.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 59,281st most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 855,848 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Chimba live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 327,926th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 643 people.
It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 6,268 people, or 1 in 2,529. In Zambia Chimba is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live, Northern Province, where 18 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Not including Zambia Chimba is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 5 percent live.
Chimba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Chimba surname is predominantly Christian (83%) in Kenya.
The amount Chimba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 20.64% more than the national average, earning R 286,692 per year and in United States they earn 39% less than the national average, earning $26,321 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chimba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chimba in the Georgian language | ||
| ჩიმბა | chimba | - |
| Chimba in the Hindi language | ||
| चिम्बा | cimba | - |
| Chimba in the Russian language | ||
| Чимба | cimba | - |
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Footnotes
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