Chimtenje Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chimtenje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chimtenje Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chimtenje Last Name Facts

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

Chimtenje is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chimtenje.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimtenje? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chimtenje is the 1,785,358th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Chimtenje occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimtenje live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chimtenje is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Beside Malawi it is found in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chimutenje951/
Chentenje781/
Simtene751/
Shintene714/
Zintenje711/
Kimtenser671/
Chintheny671/

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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 Chimtenje
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