Chimena Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Chimena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 481 | 1:32,952 | 3,353 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 1:3,087,648 | 114,684 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Chimena (86) may also be a first name.
Chimena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimena is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 619,831st most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. Chimena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimena are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 86 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 32,952. In Zambia Chimena is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 26 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent live and Central Province, where 22 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, 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 Chimena
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