Chiyombo Surname
Approximately 1,806 people bear this surname
Chiyombo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,542 | 1:11,102 | 1,709 |
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Chiyombo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyombo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiyombo occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyombo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chiyombo is the 225,102nd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,035,186 people. The last name Chiyombo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyombo are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 1,542 people, or 1 in 11,102. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 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
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- 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 Chiyombo
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