Chimbuya Surname
Approximately 1,205 people bear this surname
Chimbuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,118 | 1:13,809 | 1,897 |
| Zambia | 57 | 1:278,069 | 16,150 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimbuya (224) may also be a first name.
Chimbuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimbuya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 312,208th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 6,047,756 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimbuya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chimbuya is also the 601,629th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 224 people.
The last name Chimbuya is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,118 people, or 1 in 13,809. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 41 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 24 percent live and Harare Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 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 Chimbuya
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