Chiombo Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Chiombo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Chiombo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiombo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiombo is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiombo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiombo is the 3,100,440th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiombo are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chiombo is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 587,034. In Zambia Chiombo is most frequent in: Muchinga Province, where 85 percent are found and Eastern Province, where 15 percent are found. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 23 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Chiombo
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