Chipfumbu Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chipfumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipfumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3671:42,0666,486
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chipfumbu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chipfumbu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chipfumbu is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chipfumbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipfumbu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 761,666th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipfumbu are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chipfumbu is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 42,066. In Zimbabwe Chipfumbu is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 25 percent live, Harare Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chipumbu94127/
Chifumbu94106/
Haipumbu82587/
Chipunbu821/
Chifimbu821/
Tshipumbu78335/
Tshifumbu781/
Kifumbu75111/
Kipumbu7589/
Sipumbu7512/
Chifunvu714/
Kifummbu711/
Tshipunbu671/
Kipombu631/
Kifunvu505/

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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 Chipfumbu
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