Chizembe Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Chizembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zambia | 46 | 1:344,564 | 18,269 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Chizembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chizembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chizembe is most common in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chizembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,214,709th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chizembe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisembe | 88 | 934 | / |
| Chizombe | 88 | 648 | / |
| Chizimbe | 88 | 186 | / |
| Chizambe | 88 | 81 | / |
| Chizemba | 88 | 33 | / |
| Chijembe | 88 | 10 | / |
| Chizembi | 88 | 6 | / |
| Chizemwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chidzombe | 82 | 239 | / |
| Chishembe | 82 | 106 | / |
| Tshizembe | 82 | 34 | / |
| Chitsembe | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chichembe | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chizhambe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kizembe | 80 | 851 | / |
| Gizembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Quizembe | 75 | 5,130 | / |
| Chizimba | 75 | 1,521 | / |
| Chizimbi | 75 | 368 | / |
| Chisimbe | 75 | 109 | / |
| Chizombi | 75 | 105 | / |
| Chisombe | 75 | 85 | / |
| Chisambe | 75 | 30 | / |
| Chisemba | 75 | 15 | / |
| Chizemwa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Chesembe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shezembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ceshembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kechembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hisembee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shigembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chidzimba | 71 | 171 | / |
| Chishimbe | 71 | 141 | / |
| Tshizemba | 71 | 64 | / |
| Chechembe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chizhimba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chesombei | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chisommbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chitsimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chichimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshicembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kisembe | 67 | 1,918 | / |
| Kigembe | 67 | 128 | / |
| Kijembe | 67 | 117 | / |
| Kizemba | 67 | 98 | / |
| Gisembe | 67 | 93 | / |
| Kezembe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Sigembe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jigembe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gigembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchitsimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sizembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kizembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kizimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kecembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sijembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jisembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gezembe | 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
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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 Chizembe
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