Chinyemba Surname
Approximately 7,999 people bear this surname
Chinyemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 6,108 | 1:2,595 | 337 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,762 | 1:8,762 | 1,054 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Chinyemba (2,534) may also be a first name.
Chinyemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chinyemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chinyemba is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chinyemba.
How Common Is The Last Name Chinyemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 62,722nd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 911,057 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinyemba are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 146,478th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 2,534 people.
The last name Chinyemba is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 6,108 people, or 1 in 2,595. In Zambia Chinyemba is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 45 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 23 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chineyemba | 95 | 120 | / |
| Chienyemba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chinayemba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Tchinyemba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chinyyemba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Cinyemba | 94 | 4 | / |
| Chinyimba | 89 | 2,716 | / |
| Chinyembo | 89 | 132 | / |
| Hainyemba | 89 | 96 | / |
| Chinhemba | 89 | 36 | / |
| Chinyembe | 89 | 15 | / |
| Chiniemba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshinyemba | 84 | 4,571 | / |
| Chineyenba | 84 | 5 | / |
| Tchinhemba | 84 | 4 | / |
| Chinyimbah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chinijemba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Hinyemwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tshinhyemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dzinyemba | 78 | 871 | / |
| Chinhembe | 78 | 144 | / |
| Chinyenwa | 78 | 48 | / |
| Chingembo | 78 | 31 | / |
| Chinhimba | 78 | 17 | / |
| Zinyembah | 78 | 8 | / |
| Chinyimbi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chinjimba | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chingembj | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinjembo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinyinba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chingembe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chinyimbe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Zinyembaa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshinyembo | 74 | 116 | / |
| Tshinyimba | 74 | 27 | / |
| Tshiniemba | 74 | 21 | / |
| Tshingemba | 74 | 4 | / |
| Chienyenwa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tchinoumba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hinhembe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Chinyawa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Tchignoumba | 70 | 7 | / |
| Tshinyiembo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Himhiemba | 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 Chinyemba
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