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 surname Chimwepa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chimwepa? popularity and diffusion
Chimwepa is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Chimwepa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chimwepa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chimwepa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe Chimwepa is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 89 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 29 percent are found and Malawi, where 7 percent are found.
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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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