Chisamu Surname

528,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 613 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chisamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chisamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia5711:27,7582,906
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Chisamu (24) may also be a first name.

Chisamu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chisamu occurs most in Zambia. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chisamu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 528,243rd most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 11,888,329 people. The last name Chisamu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisamu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 24 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 571 people, or 1 in 27,758. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 48 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 37 percent are found and Central Province, where 6 percent are found. Besides Zambia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 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 Chisamu
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