Chimbuvu Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Chimbuvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Tanzania | 96 | 1:551,475 | 35,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chimbuvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbuvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimbuvu occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbuvu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chimbuvu is the 651,048th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name Chimbuvu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbuvu live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Other than Malawi Chimbuvu is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 21 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimbuva | 88 | 12 | / |
| Chimbuvi | 88 | 10 | / |
| Chimibvu | 88 | 9 | / |
| Chimbufu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimbuve | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimbiv | 80 | 167 | / |
| Chimbov | 80 | 29 | / |
| Chimbeva | 75 | 410 | / |
| Chimbeev | 75 | 108 | / |
| Shimbuev | 75 | 104 | / |
| Chimbevo | 75 | 89 | / |
| Chimbofu | 75 | 68 | / |
| Chimbaev | 75 | 35 | / |
| Chimbova | 75 | 30 | / |
| Chimbavi | 75 | 21 | / |
| Chimbava | 75 | 7 | / |
| Schimbov | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chimbiiv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chimbeeva | 71 | 207 | / |
| Shimbueva | 71 | 62 | / |
| Chimbaeva | 71 | 26 | / |
| Tshimbubu | 71 | 21 | / |
| Schimbova | 71 | 14 | / |
| Chimbavha | 71 | 13 | / |
| Cheimbaev | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chimbayev | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimbwefu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shimbov | 67 | 45 | / |
| Chambov | 67 | 19 | / |
| Chimbayeva | 67 | 8 | / |
| Cheimbaeva | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schimbf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinwubu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chembobu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tshimbowu | 59 | 4 | / |
| Kmbubu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Sembubu | 53 | 5 | / |
| Zimvubu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ssembubu | 50 | 15 | / |
| Sembuubu | 50 | 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 Chimbuvu
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