Chindema Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chindema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chindema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4511:117,38711,234
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479

Chindema Last Name Facts

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

Chindema has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Chindema click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chindema? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chindema is the 661,581st most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chindema are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 117,387. In Tanzania Chindema is primarily concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 52 percent are found, Lindi Region, where 45 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 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 Chindema
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