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

Chingamba occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chingamba? popularity and diffusion

Chingamba is the 274,674th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,153,851 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingamba are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 15 people.

The surname Chingamba is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,229 people, or 1 in 13,929. Barring Malawi Chingamba is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 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 Chingamba
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