Chumwe Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Chumwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Zambia | 215 | 1:73,721 | 6,357 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
Chumwe (32) may also be a first name.
Chumwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chumwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chumwe occurs most in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chumwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 618,896th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. Chumwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chumwe are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Chumwe is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent given name internationally It is held by 32 people.
It is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 269,633. Apart from The DR Congo Chumwe occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 43 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Chumwe
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