Chingembu Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Chingembu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 507 | 1:31,262 | 3,207 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Chingembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chingembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chingembu is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chingembu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chingembu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chingembu is the 606,498th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingembu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chingembu is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 507 people, or 1 in 31,262. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 71 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 5 percent are found. Not including Zambia it is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ching'embu | 95 | 115 | / |
| Chinembu | 94 | 6 | / |
| Chigembu | 94 | 2 | / |
| Chingambu | 89 | 896 | / |
| Chinyembu | 89 | 137 | / |
| Chinsembu | 89 | 57 | / |
| Chinzembu | 89 | 27 | / |
| Chingimbu | 89 | 9 | / |
| Chin'embu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ching'ambu | 84 | 67 | / |
| Tshingembu | 84 | 27 | / |
| Chenembu | 82 | 131 | / |
| Tshinembu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshinzembu | 74 | 103 | / |
| Tshingimbu | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kinzembu | 71 | 55 | / |
| Kingimbu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kinsembu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Henembui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Simchembu | 67 | 194 | / |
| Kindjembu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zinimbu | 63 | 30 | / |
| Jinimbu | 63 | 6 | / |
| Simchehembu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kinzimbu | 59 | 41 | / |
| Kengmbou | 59 | 2 | / |
| Kinsimbu | 59 | 1 | / |
| Simcembu | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chimhimvu | 56 | 33 | / |
| Hensinbuy | 56 | 0 | / |
| Gengenbauh | 53 | 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 Chingembu
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