Chimtembo Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Chimtembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Tanzania | 61 | 1:867,895 | 43,770 |
Chimtembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimtembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chimtembo is found most frequently in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Chimtembo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimtembo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 902,012th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. The last name Chimtembo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimtembo are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Besides Malawi it occurs in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 21 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
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- 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
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