Chofamba Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Chofamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 192 | 1:80,408 | 11,765 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chofamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chofamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chofamba is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chofamba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,185,157th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name Chofamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chofamba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chofamba is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 80,408. In Zimbabwe Chofamba is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 69 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 20 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Chofamba exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Chofamba
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