Nachilima Surname

46,982nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,027 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nachilima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nachilima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia11,0121:1,439198
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Nachilima (33) may also be a first name.

Nachilima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nachilima occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nachilima? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 46,982nd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 660,882 people. The surname Nachilima occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nachilima reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 33 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 11,012 people, or 1 in 1,439. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 69 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia Nachilima is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 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
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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 Nachilima
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