Chimbewa Surname
Approximately 989 people bear this surname
Chimbewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 941 | 1:18,192 | 2,844 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimbewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimbewa occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 364,871st most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,368,601 people. Chimbewa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbewa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 941 people, or 1 in 18,192. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimbeva | 88 | 410 | / |
| Chimbawa | 88 | 67 | / |
| Chimbeba | 88 | 23 | / |
| Chimbiwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimbeeva | 82 | 207 | / |
| Chimbaeva | 82 | 26 | / |
| Chimbaiwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Simbewa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Zimbewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Himbeba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chimbohwai | 78 | 13 | / |
| Cheimbaeva | 78 | 5 | / |
| Chitembeva | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chimbevo | 75 | 89 | / |
| Chimbowo | 75 | 20 | / |
| Kaimbewa | 75 | 8 | / |
| Chimbava | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kimbehwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chimbawo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chembeva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinbaeva | 71 | 286 | / |
| Chumbaeva | 71 | 148 | / |
| Chymbaeva | 71 | 134 | / |
| Zhimbeeva | 71 | 87 | / |
| Chembaeva | 71 | 65 | / |
| Shembewad | 71 | 24 | / |
| Chimbavha | 71 | 13 | / |
| Chembeeva | 71 | 8 | / |
| Shimbieva | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chinweuwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Zhimbieva | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chumboeva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chimwiwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zimbeva | 67 | 949 | / |
| Simbiwa | 67 | 126 | / |
| Dzhimbeeva | 67 | 103 | / |
| Sembewa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chuinbaeva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chuembaeva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zimbeba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Choinbaeva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tshimbevha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinweewat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zembewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shimbevadh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Simbeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Himbiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheymbaeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kimbeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzhimbieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jimbeba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chimbewa
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