Chimwamba Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chimwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chimwamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania941:563,20935,741
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Chimwamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chimwamba is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimwamba? popularity and diffusion

Chimwamba is the 1,849,867th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Chimwamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimwamba live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 563,209. In Tanzania Chimwamba is most frequent in: Mtwara Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Chimwamba
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