Chiumbwe Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiumbwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiumbwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Chiumbwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chiumbwe occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiumbwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiumbwe live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,102,731. In Zimbabwe Chiumbwe is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 93 percent live and Harare Province, where 7 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chihumbwe9444/
Chiumbwa88129/
Chihumbwa8231/
Tshiumbwe8227/
Chihumbue821/
Tshihumbwe78472/
Shiumbwa754/
Kihumbwe751/
Tshiumbue711/
Tshihumbue67164/
Cyumbwa671/
Kuyumbwe631/
Kihombwe631/
Ssejumbwe591/
Kayombwe5042/
Sejombwe5014/
Kujumbwa504/
Kijumbui504/
Kajombwe501/

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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 Chiumbwe
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