Chinyemba Surname

62,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,999 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chinyemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinyemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia6,1081:2,595337
Zimbabwe1,7621:8,7621,054
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Namibia261:92,6698,353
England231:2,422,52489,093
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

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.

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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 Chinyemba
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