Chiyamba Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Chiyamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 289 | 1:54,844 | 5,073 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chiyamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiyamba is found most in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyamba? popularity and diffusion
Chiyamba is the 853,416th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyamba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chiyamba is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 54,844. In Zambia Chiyamba is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 51 percent are found, Southern Province, where 20 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Zambia Chiyamba exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chiyamba
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