Chisambi Surname

99,917th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chisambi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chisambi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4,3651:3,922535
Zambia2721:58,2725,311
Zimbabwe691:223,74325,019
England171:3,277,533109,658
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Chisambi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chisambi occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chisambi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 99,917th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,540,056 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisambi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Chisambi is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 4,365 people, or 1 in 3,922. Barring Malawi this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 6 percent are found and Zimbabwe, 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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  • 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 Chisambi
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