Chimwee Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Chimwee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chimwee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimwee is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwee? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,185,341st most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimwee are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chimwee is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 208,625. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 51 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 41 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 8 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Chimwee exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chimwee
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