Chimwanja Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Chimwanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 161 | 1:95,890 | 13,594 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Chimwanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimwanja is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimwanja is the 1,189,614th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimwanja live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 95,890. In Zimbabwe Chimwanja is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 48 percent are found, Harare Province, where 24 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 18 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimwanza | 89 | 604 | / |
| Chimwanya | 89 | 171 | / |
| Chimbanja | 89 | 5 | / |
| Chimwanji | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chimwanh'a | 84 | 1 | / |
| Simwanja | 82 | 55 | / |
| Cimwanza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chimbanje | 78 | 286 | / |
| Chimuanya | 78 | 256 | / |
| Chimbonja | 78 | 141 | / |
| Chemwania | 78 | 23 | / |
| Shimwanza | 78 | 21 | / |
| Chimuanje | 78 | 4 | / |
| Chimbanya | 78 | 4 | / |
| Chimbanza | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chemwanya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Simwaanja | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshimwanza | 74 | 21 | / |
| Chimmuanya | 74 | 5 | / |
| Chinwuanya | 74 | 3 | / |
| Tshimwanya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Simwanza | 71 | 27,536 | / |
| Semwanja | 71 | 7 | / |
| Simwania | 71 | 4 | / |
| Simwansa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chawanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Simwanya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jimwanjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hemwanza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gimbanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimwenya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chimwonzo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chimwonyo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Simwanzaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chimbanzo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ssemwanja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chimuanye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chinuanya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shimuanza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Simwaanza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Simwanzah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzimwanza | 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 Chimwanja
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