Chimbumbu Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chimbumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chimbumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia251:633,99725,256
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chimbumbu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chimbumbu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chimbumbu has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimbumbu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbumbu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chimbumbu is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 633,997. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 88 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent are found and Southern Province, where 4 percent are found. Not including Zambia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chimbumbuy951/
Chimbombu8931/
Chimvumbu8914/
Chimbuchimbu8628/
Tchimboumbou861/
Tshimbumbu84178/
Kimbumbu82318/
Zimbumbu821/
Cimbombu821/
Simbumbu821/
Chinvumbu781/
Tshimbombu74103/
Tshimbunbu741/
Kimvumvu594/

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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
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  • 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 Chimbumbu
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