Chimenge Surname
Approximately 757 people bear this surname
Chimenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 756 | 1:20,966 | 2,299 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chimenge (31) may also be a first name.
Chimenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimenge is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chimenge is the 449,465th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,626,877 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimenge are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 31 people.
Chimenge is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 756 people, or 1 in 20,966. In Zambia Chimenge is primarily concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 36 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Other than Zambia it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 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 Chimenge
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