Chitimbwa Surname
Approximately 920 people bear this surname
Chitimbwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 582 | 1:90,965 | 9,129 |
| Zambia | 338 | 1:46,893 | 4,496 |
Chitimbwa (42) may also be a first name.
Chitimbwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitimbwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitimbwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chitimbwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitimbwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 386,017th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitimbwa reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 42 people.
Chitimbwa is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 582 people, or 1 in 90,965. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 55 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 22 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 21 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Chitimbwa exists in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 37 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 Chitimbwa
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