Chimese Surname
Approximately 1,029 people bear this surname
Chimese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,015 | 1:15,616 | 1,765 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chimese (98) may also be a first name.
Chimese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimese has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chimese.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimese? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 353,738th most numerous family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,082,163 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimese live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most common first name in the world It is held by 98 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 1,015 people, or 1 in 15,616. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 42 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chimese
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