Chishambwa Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Chishambwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chishambwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chishambwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chishambwa is found most in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chishambwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chishambwa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 350,869. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 80 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 14 percent reside and Harare Province, where 2 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chishambwe | 90 | 6 | / |
| Chitsambwa | 90 | 1 | / |
| Chichambwa | 90 | 1 | / |
| Chisambwe | 84 | 388 | / |
| Chisembwa | 84 | 8 | / |
| Chizambwa | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kisambwa | 78 | 21 | / |
| Sichambwa | 74 | 80 | / |
| Chizambwe | 74 | 3 | / |
| Sichaambwa | 70 | 74 | / |
| Chissambue | 70 | 1 | / |
| Kisombwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chizombwe | 63 | 369 | / |
| Chaisombui | 60 | 1 | / |
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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 Chishambwa
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