Chishembe Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chishembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chishembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chishembe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chishembe has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chishembe? popularity and diffusion

Chishembe is the 1,785,358th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname Chishembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chishembe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Apart from Malawi this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Chishembe
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