Chitombu Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chitombu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitombu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia181:880,55128,935
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chitombu Last Name Facts

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

Chitombu is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chitombu.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitombu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitombu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 880,551. In Zambia Chitombu is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 100 percent live. Apart from Zambia Chitombu is found in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chitembu88672/
Chitumbu88333/
Chitambu88105/
Hitumbu801/
Chietembou781/
Chitanbu751/
Tshitambu71171/
Kitoumbou711/
Kitambu67124/
Gitumbu6727/
Sitambu6723/
Gitambu671/
Githumbu639/
Kithambu632/
Githambu631/
Sithambu631/
Sitambeu631/
Ketuombu631/
Sithambut5935/
Sithonbut5915/
Kitasimbu591/
Gitamvu5348/
Getambu531/
Hetonvou501/

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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 Chitombu
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