Chingamba Surname

274,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chingamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chingamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,2291:13,9292,189
Zambia1141:139,03410,179
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Chingamba (15) may also be a first name.

Chingamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chingamba is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chingamba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chingamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 274,674th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,153,851 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingamba reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chingamba is also the 2,900,335th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 15 people.

The surname Chingamba is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 1,229 people, or 1 in 13,929. Aside from Malawi this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 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
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  • 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 Chingamba
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