Chimbira Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Chimbira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 421 | 1:36,670 | 5,673 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Chimbira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimbira is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimbira is the 590,101st most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The surname Chimbira is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimbira reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 36,670. In Zimbabwe Chimbira is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 33 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 16 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 0 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 Chimbira
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