Chimoto Surname

174,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chimoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chimoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,1241:15,2312,380
Zimbabwe5371:28,7494,419
Zambia4741:33,4393,394
Tanzania1541:343,77725,484
Kenya1431:322,93619,861
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chimoto (196) may also be a first name.

Chimoto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chimoto (Marathi: िचमोटो) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimoto? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 174,135th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,956,408 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimoto reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chimoto is also the 648,004th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 196 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,124 people, or 1 in 15,231. Apart from Malawi this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live and Zambia, where 19 percent live.

Chimoto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chimoto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chimoto in the Marathi language
िचमोटोicamoto-

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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 Chimoto
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