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
Chimena is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 619,831st most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimena live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 86 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 32,952. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 26 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside and Central Province, where 22 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia Chimena exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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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