Chimwe Surname
Approximately 720 people bear this surname
Chimwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 699 | 1:22,086 | 3,316 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Chimwe (162) may also be a first name.
Chimwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimwe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chimwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chimwe is the 467,272nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 10,121,592 people. The last name Chimwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chimwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chimwe is also the 720,105th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 162 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 699 people, or 1 in 22,086. In Zimbabwe Chimwe is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 24 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 16 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 16 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Chimwe occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chimwe
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