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
The surname Chimota is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimota? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 555,669th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,718,230 people. Chimota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimota live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 13 people.
The surname Chimota is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 25 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 13 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 Chimota
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