Chimweli Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chimweli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chimweli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1241:426,94829,878
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Chimweli Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chimweli is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimweli? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,527,735th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimweli live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 85 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 7 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chimwele88255/
Chimwela8841/
Chimwali882/
Chimwilai822/
Kimweli802,000/
Shimwela752,921/
Chimbili751,956/
Chimbele7584/
Chembeli7511/
Chimwale752/
Chemwili751/
Shimwele751/
Chimwila751/
Chinwilai716/
Tchimbili715/
Tshimwela713/
Tchimbele712/
Shimweela711/
Chinwelya711/
Chimvilai711/
Schemueli711/
Simwela676,771/
Kimwele675,379/
Himbili67191/
Hümbeli67132/
Kimwela6766/
Kimwili6734/
Himbele6723/
Cimbili6710/
Simwele676/
Cheamwilai674/
Zimwele671/
Chemwelech671/
Kimwely671/

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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
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  • 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 Chimweli
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