Chimbaya Surname
Approximately 1,027 people bear this surname
Chimbaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 665 | 1:23,834 | 2,555 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chimbaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimbaya has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 354,295th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 7,095,955 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbaya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chimbaya is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 665 people, or 1 in 23,834. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 38 percent reside, Central Province, where 34 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 33 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chimbaya
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