Chinamba Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chinamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Chinamba Last Name Facts

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

Chinamba (Oriya: ଚିଣା) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,876,555th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chinamba live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chinamba is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 406,269. In Zimbabwe Chinamba is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 68 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 3 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 11 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chinamba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chinamba in the Oriya language
ଚିଣାcina-

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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 Chinamba
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