Chimomba Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Botswana

Chimomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chimomba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia911:174,17511,962
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chimomba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chimomba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chimomba occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimomba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimomba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 174,175. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 99 percent live and Luapula Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 16 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 Chimomba
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