Chimbongwe Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Chimbongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 74 | 1:715,427 | 40,832 |
| Zambia | 41 | 1:386,583 | 19,508 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Chimbongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimbongwe is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbongwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,674,734th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chimbongwe are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 715,427. In Tanzania Chimbongwe is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 93 percent live and Pwani Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 35 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimbangwe | 90 | 13 | / |
| Chimbungwe | 90 | 11 | / |
| Chimbongue | 90 | 4 | / |
| Chimbagwe | 84 | 14 | / |
| Chimbokwe | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chinwongwet | 76 | 3 | / |
| Chimbakwe | 74 | 15 | / |
| Chimbumgue | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chinwongwai | 67 | 30 | / |
| Chinuangwet | 67 | 22 | / |
| Quimbangue | 60 | 4 | / |
| Tsimwangwe | 60 | 1 | / |
| Chenwongwit | 57 | 25 | / |
| Hembanguherr | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kimbangui | 53 | 338 | / |
| Sinbangwa | 53 | 83 | / |
| Sembongui | 53 | 2 | / |
| Kembongui | 53 | 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 Chimbongwe
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