Chumbula Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chumbula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chumbula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2191:241,74319,666
Zambia611:259,83515,508
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Chumbula Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chumbula Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chumbula occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chumbula? popularity and diffusion

Chumbula is the 914,967th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chumbula live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 241,743. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Iringa Region, where 90 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 21 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 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
  • 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 Chumbula
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