Chimbiya Surname
Approximately 2,653 people bear this surname
Chimbiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,536 | 1:6,750 | 973 |
| Zimbabwe | 106 | 1:145,644 | 18,674 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chimbiya (181) may also be a first name.
Chimbiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimbiya is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimbiya is the 163,669th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,746,908 people. The last name Chimbiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbiya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chimbiya is also the 677,199th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 181 people.
Chimbiya is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,536 people, or 1 in 6,750. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Chimbiya
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