Mchimba Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mchimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mchimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1081:142,94718,429
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mchimba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mchimba is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mchimba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Mchimba is primarily found in Africa, where 101 percent of Mchimba are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 142,947. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Matabeleland North Province, where 76 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 24 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Machimba93232/
Mochimba935/
Mchamba86458/
Mchimbu86181/
Mchimbi8628/
Macimba8624/
Machemba808,429/
Machimbo801,086/
Mochemba8090/
Machimbe8059/
Mochimbi804/
Machimbi803/
Mcimbi77540/
Machimbyi751/
Macheamba751/
Machimboh751/
Makimba71882/
Mchembe71295/
Mokimba7134/
Mchambi7117/
Macimbi7110/
Makhumba67571/
Machembe67307/
Makuimba6768/
Maikimba6712/
Mackemba679/
Maquimba679/
Maikumba673/
Majkimba671/
Makiemba671/
Makhimbo671/
Maikemba671/
Macaimbi671/

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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 Mchimba
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