Chiyembe Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Chiyembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| Zambia | 17 | 1:932,348 | 29,315 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chiyembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiyembe is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,414,640th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyembe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 343,072. In Zimbabwe Chiyembe is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 84 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent reside and Matabeleland North Province, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe Chiyembe is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 27 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Chiyembe
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