Chitambaya Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Chitambaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chitambaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitambaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chitambaya has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitambaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 889,654th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitambaya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitambaa | 95 | 157 | / |
| Chitambeya | 90 | 60 | / |
| Chitembaya | 90 | 4 | / |
| Shitambaya | 90 | 1 | / |
| Chitamba | 89 | 395 | / |
| Kitambaya | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chijtamba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chitaymba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chitambaj | 84 | 1 | / |
| Citamba | 82 | 41 | / |
| Hitamba | 82 | 6 | / |
| Chitembeya | 80 | 2,746 | / |
| Chitamnuay | 80 | 7 | / |
| Tchitambai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chitembiya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chithambai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chitambi | 78 | 1,007 | / |
| Haitamba | 78 | 377 | / |
| Chitomba | 78 | 87 | / |
| Chitambe | 78 | 35 | / |
| Kitambaa | 78 | 10 | / |
| Chetamba | 78 | 3 | / |
| Kitambay | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chitaumnuay | 76 | 1 | / |
| Tshitamba | 74 | 2,131 | / |
| Kitambayi | 74 | 75 | / |
| Kitamboya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Citambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hitambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chitembeja | 70 | 169 | / |
| Tshitambaj | 70 | 27 | / |
| Chetembeya | 70 | 4 | / |
| Chetambe | 67 | 934 | / |
| Chitombi | 67 | 115 | / |
| Chitombe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chetambi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heitomba | 67 | 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
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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 Chitambaya
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