Chinemba Surname
Approximately 729 people bear this surname
Chinemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Tanzania | 209 | 1:253,309 | 20,479 |
| Zambia | 208 | 1:76,202 | 6,540 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chinemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chinemba is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chinemba is the 462,693rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,996,634 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinemba live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Without taking into account Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 29 percent reside and Zambia, where 29 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinhemba | 94 | 36 | / |
| Chiniemba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Tchinhemba | 89 | 4 | / |
| Chinomba | 88 | 3,258 | / |
| Chinimba | 88 | 156 | / |
| Chinamba | 88 | 46 | / |
| Chinembo | 88 | 23 | / |
| Chenemba | 88 | 4 | / |
| Chinembe | 88 | 2 | / |
| Chinnembath | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chinhembe | 82 | 144 | / |
| Chingembo | 82 | 31 | / |
| Chingimba | 82 | 20 | / |
| Chinhomba | 82 | 17 | / |
| Chinhimba | 82 | 17 | / |
| Tshinemba | 82 | 4 | / |
| Chinambha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chingembe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chinyomba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chingembj | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chinember | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kinemba | 80 | 88 | / |
| Sinemba | 80 | 19 | / |
| Zinemba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hinembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ginemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tshiniemba | 78 | 21 | / |
| Tshingemba | 78 | 4 | / |
| Tchingembo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinnaamba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinambhai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinombo | 75 | 1,205 | / |
| Cheninba | 75 | 127 | / |
| Singemba | 75 | 81 | / |
| Kiniemba | 75 | 21 | / |
| Hinhembe | 75 | 10 | / |
| Chinimbo | 75 | 6 | / |
| Shinimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinenbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinenwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chenimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shinembo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chenhomba | 71 | 48 | / |
| Chinhambo | 71 | 36 | / |
| Chinyombe | 71 | 18 | / |
| Chinhombo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Tshinembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shingimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shinenbat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinenwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shinuumba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshinemva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hinimbi | 67 | 1,029 | / |
| Kinimba | 67 | 251 | / |
| Senemba | 67 | 67 | / |
| Kinymba | 67 | 41 | / |
| Tshingembo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Zinembo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kenemba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sinembo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Genemba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chingoimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hinimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hinimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinembo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinenba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zenemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sinimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cenenba | 67 | 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
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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 Chinemba
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