Chiwombe Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Chiwombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| Zambia | 15 | 1:1,056,661 | 30,252 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chiwombe (22) may also be a first name.
Chiwombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiwombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiwombe is most common in Zimbabwe. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiwombe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,658,108th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiwombe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiwombe is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 22 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 152,854. In Zimbabwe Chiwombe is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 32 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 15 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiwomba | 88 | 128 | / |
| Chibombe | 88 | 102 | / |
| Chiwembe | 88 | 29 | / |
| Chiwambe | 88 | 7 | / |
| Siwombe | 80 | 1,314 | / |
| Hiwumbe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kiwombe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ziwombe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chiwamba | 75 | 1,479 | / |
| Chiwembi | 75 | 449 | / |
| Chivambe | 75 | 282 | / |
| Chibambe | 75 | 74 | / |
| Chibumbe | 75 | 34 | / |
| Chivembe | 75 | 29 | / |
| Chiwumba | 75 | 29 | / |
| Shibombe | 75 | 28 | / |
| Chivumbe | 75 | 24 | / |
| Chibombi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chiwambi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chevombe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shiwomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chivomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Siwoombe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chiwonba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chiwumbi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchibambe | 71 | 34 | / |
| Chihwamba | 71 | 22 | / |
| Tshibombe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chivhembe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tshiwambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chibhombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chihwumba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chivhumbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiwambe | 67 | 271 | / |
| Cibambe | 67 | 90 | / |
| Kiwomba | 67 | 42 | / |
| Sibombe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tshivhombe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tschibambe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siwambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giwambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiwombojje | 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
- 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 Chiwombe
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