Chiwembo Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Chiwembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 158 | 1:335,074 | 25,051 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiwambo | 88 | 4,825 | / |
| Chiwombo | 88 | 105 | / |
| Chivembo | 88 | 21 | / |
| Chiwemba | 88 | 5 | / |
| Shiwembo | 88 | 5 | / |
| Chiwimbo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chewemboi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tshiwembo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kiwembo | 80 | 150 | / |
| Siwembo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chivambo | 75 | 12,703 | / |
| Chiwamba | 75 | 1,479 | / |
| Chibemba | 75 | 661 | / |
| Chiwomba | 75 | 128 | / |
| Chivombo | 75 | 122 | / |
| Chivimbo | 75 | 78 | / |
| Chivemba | 75 | 24 | / |
| Chiwenba | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chuwambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chihwamba | 71 | 22 | / |
| Chivhombo | 71 | 15 | / |
| Chivhambo | 71 | 14 | / |
| Chivhimbo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Tshiwemba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tshibembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchibemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiwemba | 67 | 98 | / |
| Cibemba | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ziwemba | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Chiwembo
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