Chitombwe Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Chitombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 428 | 1:37,033 | 3,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
Chitombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitombwe is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitombwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 663,740th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitombwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 428 people, or 1 in 37,033. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 65 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 25 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 5 percent reside. Not including Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitoombwe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chitembwe | 89 | 645 | / |
| Chitambwe | 89 | 365 | / |
| Shitombwe | 89 | 114 | / |
| Chitombwa | 89 | 3 | / |
| Chaitambwe | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kitombwe | 82 | 4 | / |
| Chitambwa | 78 | 41 | / |
| Chitumbwa | 78 | 17 | / |
| Chitambwi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshitambwe | 74 | 59 | / |
| Kitambwe | 71 | 316 | / |
| Kitombwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chitambvi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kithambwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshitambue | 63 | 137 | / |
| Tshitambwa | 63 | 48 | / |
| Tchitoumpui | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kitambwa | 59 | 188 | / |
| Kitambue | 59 | 75 | / |
| Gitambue | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shetambue | 56 | 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
- 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 Chitombwe
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