Chimbwi Surname
Approximately 523 people bear this surname
Chimbwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 339 | 1:156,170 | 14,044 |
| Zambia | 172 | 1:92,151 | 7,541 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chimbwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimbwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimbwi occurs most in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimbwi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 595,654th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,934,122 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimbwi live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 156,170. In Tanzania Chimbwi is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 94 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 3 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 33 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimbwiz | 93 | 41 | / |
| Chimbwai | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chitimbwi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimbwe | 86 | 1,592 | / |
| Chimbwa | 86 | 704 | / |
| Chumbwi | 86 | 8 | / |
| Chimbui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cimbwiz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tchimbwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kimbwi | 77 | 421 | / |
| Simbwi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Chimbwaya | 75 | 51 | / |
| Chimbweha | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chimbuihe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chisembwe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chisimbwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chitimbwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshimbwiz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshimbwid | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chumbwe | 71 | 610 | / |
| Shimbwa | 71 | 131 | / |
| Chembwa | 71 | 65 | / |
| Shimbwe | 71 | 62 | / |
| Chembwe | 71 | 13 | / |
| Tsimbwi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chimpwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Zimbwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimbue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chuumbwe | 67 | 701 | / |
| Cheembwe | 67 | 197 | / |
| Tshimbwe | 67 | 82 | / |
| Tshimbwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshimbui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchinbui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shiembwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chembwee | 67 | 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 Chimbwi
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