Chiwembo Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chiwembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiwembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1581:335,07425,051
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chiwembo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chiwembo is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chiwembo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiwembo? popularity and diffusion

Chiwembo is the 1,359,010th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. Chiwembo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiwembo reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 335,074. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 53 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 47 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Chiwembo occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 2 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chiwambo884,825/
Chiwombo88105/
Chivembo8821/
Chiwemba885/
Shiwembo885/
Chiwimbo881/
Chewemboi821/
Tshiwembo821/
Kiwembo80150/
Siwembo802/
Chivambo7512,703/
Chiwamba751,479/
Chibemba75661/
Chiwomba75128/
Chivombo75122/
Chivimbo7578/
Chivemba7524/
Chiwenba753/
Chuwambo751/
Chihwamba7122/
Chivhombo7115/
Chivhambo7114/
Chivhimbo717/
Tshiwemba714/
Tshibembo711/
Tchibemba711/
Kiwemba6798/
Cibemba6727/
Ziwemba672/

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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 Chiwembo
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