Chiruma Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiruma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiruma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1621:95,29813,521
Tanzania561:945,38644,615
Nigeria521:3,406,592101,701
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Chiruma (29) may also be a first name.

Chiruma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chiruma is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiruma? popularity and diffusion

Chiruma is the 961,438th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiruma are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiruma is also the 1,951,561st most common first name globally, borne by 29 people.

The last name Chiruma is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 95,298. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 38 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 31 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 12 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 19 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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  • 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 Chiruma
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