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
The surname Chimbaya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimbaya is the 354,295th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,095,955 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbaya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chimbaya is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 665 people, or 1 in 23,834. In Zambia Chimbaya is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 38 percent reside, Central Province, where 34 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside. Not including Zambia Chimbaya is found in 5 countries. It is also common 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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