Chinambu Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Chinambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 85 | 1:186,470 | 12,510 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chinambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chinambu has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinambu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,666,404th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chinambu reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chinambu is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 186,470. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 93 percent live, North-Western Province, where 1 percent live and Western Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Zambia Chinambu is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chingambu | 94 | 896 | / |
| Chinhambu | 94 | 67 | / |
| Tchingambu | 89 | 8 | / |
| Chinembu | 88 | 6 | / |
| Shinambu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Cingambu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shingambu | 82 | 260 | / |
| Tshinambu | 82 | 4 | / |
| Chin'embu | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kinambu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tshingambu | 78 | 2,160 | / |
| Sinambou | 75 | 2,155 | / |
| Kingambu | 75 | 205 | / |
| Chenembu | 75 | 131 | / |
| Sisnambu | 75 | 27 | / |
| Singambu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinonbut | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tchinanvou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tshinganbu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tchinanwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sinanbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sinombou | 63 | 159 | / |
| Sinanbou | 63 | 61 | / |
| Kingombu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kenambou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Synambou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shemhambu | 59 | 5 | / |
| Jenanbu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sinonbou | 50 | 10 | / |
| Senanbou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kenombou | 50 | 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 Chinambu
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