Chimeza Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Chimeza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Zambia | 91 | 1:174,175 | 11,962 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chimeza (20) may also be a first name.
Chimeza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimeza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimeza occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimeza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 649,026th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. Chimeza is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimeza reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chimeza is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Not including Malawi this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 20 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Chimeza
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