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
Chimbiya is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chimbiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 163,669th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,746,908 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbiya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chimbiya is also the 677,199th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 181 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,536 people, or 1 in 6,750. Without taking into account Malawi it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.
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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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