Chimota Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Chimota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Zambia | 145 | 1:109,310 | 8,555 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimota (13) may also be a first name.
Chimota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimota Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimota is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimota? popularity and diffusion
Chimota is the 555,669th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,718,230 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimota reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chimota is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name in the world, held by 13 people.
The last name Chimota is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 25 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 13 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 Chimota
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