Chimunye Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Chimunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 435 | 1:35,490 | 5,470 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chimunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimunye occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimunye? popularity and diffusion
Chimunye is the 671,677th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The surname Chimunye is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chimunye live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 435 people, or 1 in 35,490. In Zimbabwe Chimunye is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 28 percent are found, Harare Province, where 23 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 20 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimounye | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chimunhaye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chimonye | 88 | 3 | / |
| Chimunge | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chaimunee | 82 | 89 | / |
| Chimhunge | 82 | 7 | / |
| Chimuunje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gimunye | 80 | 16 | / |
| Zimunye | 80 | 13 | / |
| Cimonye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tchimeugne | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chimunja | 75 | 517 | / |
| Chimunji | 75 | 107 | / |
| Dzimunye | 75 | 76 | / |
| Chemonye | 75 | 73 | / |
| Chimonje | 75 | 28 | / |
| Zimunoye | 75 | 6 | / |
| Chemunje | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chimoney | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chemuney | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chemunge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchimmeugne | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chemeugne | 71 | 27 | / |
| Chimonayi | 71 | 22 | / |
| Chimunhai | 71 | 10 | / |
| Chaymunee | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chemougne | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zimunje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshimuneji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshimunayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zemunye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Himunja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Himonje | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chimunye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis