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 borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 853,416th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyamba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 54,844. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 51 percent live, Southern Province, where 20 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live and Malawi, where 0 percent live.
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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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