Chirambe Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chirambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chirambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chirambe (14) may also be a first name.

Chirambe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chirambe is most common in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chirambe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chirambe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chirambe live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.

The surname Chirambe is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 571,787. In Zimbabwe Chirambe is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 33 percent live, Harare Province, where 30 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

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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 Chirambe
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