Chimwejo Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Chimwejo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 274 | 1:193,218 | 16,588 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chimwejo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwejo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chimwejo is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwejo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chimwejo is the 950,707th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name Chimwejo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimwejo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 193,218. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 83 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 3 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimweji | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimwee | 80 | 75 | / |
| Chimwaye | 75 | 1,063 | / |
| Chimwoyo | 75 | 145 | / |
| Chimbeja | 75 | 77 | / |
| Chimweza | 75 | 11 | / |
| Chinweje | 75 | 10 | / |
| Chimwesa | 75 | 7 | / |
| Chimwayo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Chimwaji | 75 | 5 | / |
| Chimwiyo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chimweye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chimweya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chimbezo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchimwoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshimweji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimwai | 67 | 1,280 | / |
| Chemwei | 67 | 174 | / |
| Chimbeu | 67 | 99 | / |
| Chimboj | 67 | 82 | / |
| Himbeja | 67 | 36 | / |
| Chemwoi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Chemwey | 67 | 24 | / |
| Chimbou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Chemwou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chinwei | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chimway | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kimweji | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khimwaj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chimboy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chimbey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chinwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinwae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chemwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chimbei | 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 Chimwejo
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