Chinemba Surname

462,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 729 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chinemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Tanzania2091:253,30920,479
Zambia2081:76,2026,540
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Chinemba Last Name Facts

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

Chinemba is found most in Malawi. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinemba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 462,693rd most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,996,634 people. This 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.

The surname Chinemba is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 29 percent live and Zambia, where 29 percent live.

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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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