Chimwepa Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Chimwepa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chimwepa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chimwepa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chimwepa is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwepa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimwepa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 89 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 11 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 29 percent reside and Malawi, where 7 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 Chimwepa
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