Chiwamba Surname
Approximately 1,479 people bear this surname
Chiwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 941 | 1:18,192 | 2,844 |
| Tanzania | 328 | 1:161,407 | 14,404 |
| Zimbabwe | 162 | 1:95,298 | 13,521 |
| Zambia | 39 | 1:406,408 | 20,045 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiwamba is most common in Malawi. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwamba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 264,657th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,927,347 people. The surname Chiwamba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwamba reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 941 people, or 1 in 18,192. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chihwamba | 94 | 22 | / |
| Tchiwamba | 94 | 2 | / |
| Chiswamba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chiwambo | 88 | 4,825 | / |
| Chibamba | 88 | 4,665 | / |
| Chivamba | 88 | 506 | / |
| Chiwomba | 88 | 128 | / |
| Shiwamba | 88 | 48 | / |
| Chiwambe | 88 | 7 | / |
| Chiwemba | 88 | 5 | / |
| Chiwambi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Tchibamba | 82 | 225 | / |
| Tshiwamba | 82 | 89 | / |
| Chivhamba | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chivaimba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kiwamba | 80 | 613 | / |
| Cibamba | 80 | 275 | / |
| Siwamba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Civamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chivambo | 75 | 12,703 | / |
| Chibambo | 75 | 6,200 | / |
| Kiswamba | 75 | 812 | / |
| Chibomba | 75 | 608 | / |
| Chivambe | 75 | 282 | / |
| Shibamba | 75 | 216 | / |
| Chiwembo | 75 | 163 | / |
| Chiwombe | 75 | 120 | / |
| Shivamba | 75 | 110 | / |
| Chiwombo | 75 | 105 | / |
| Chibambe | 75 | 74 | / |
| Chivemba | 75 | 24 | / |
| Chiwonba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chebamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shiwomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chuwambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chivomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chivambi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshibamba | 71 | 14,276 | / |
| Chivhambo | 71 | 14 | / |
| Chibhambo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chibamboh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchibambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chibhomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kivamba | 67 | 3,285 | / |
| Sibamba | 67 | 880 | / |
| Cibambo | 67 | 140 | / |
| Kiwambo | 67 | 128 | / |
| Kiwomba | 67 | 42 | / |
| Gibamba | 67 | 27 | / |
| Siwambo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Zibamba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Xivamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshivhamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchiboumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giwambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kewamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hiwombo | 67 | 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
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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 Chiwamba
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