Chithumba Surname

283,122nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chithumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chithumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,3591:12,5971,971
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Chithumba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chithumba is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chithumba.

How Common Is The Last Name Chithumba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chithumba is the 283,122nd most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,354,552 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chithumba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,359 people, or 1 in 12,597. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 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
  • 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 Chithumba
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