Phimbi Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Phimbi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Phimbi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phimbi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phimbi is found most in Malawi. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phimbi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 798,040th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. The last name Phimbi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phimbi reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pimbi | 91 | 1,103 | / |
| Phimba | 83 | 941 | / |
| Piombi | 83 | 206 | / |
| Piembi | 83 | 21 | / |
| Phimbe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Pimbit | 83 | 3 | / |
| Peimbi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Phumbi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pimboi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pimbai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phumbai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pitimbi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Phimber | 77 | 2 | / |
| Phaimui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vhimbai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phembis | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pembi | 73 | 5,733 | / |
| Vimbi | 73 | 832 | / |
| Pimba | 73 | 436 | / |
| Fimbi | 73 | 110 | / |
| Pumbi | 73 | 64 | / |
| Pimbe | 73 | 28 | / |
| Pechembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phemba | 67 | 58,668 | / |
| Pfumbi | 67 | 394 | / |
| Phembe | 67 | 197 | / |
| Pumbui | 67 | 98 | / |
| Vaimbi | 67 | 88 | / |
| Paimba | 67 | 80 | / |
| Pumbai | 67 | 62 | / |
| Pembie | 67 | 28 | / |
| Pimber | 67 | 27 | / |
| Fimbai | 67 | 25 | / |
| Fiombi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vimbai | 67 | 17 | / |
| Piemba | 67 | 17 | / |
| Pimbet | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pembis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Piombe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pfembi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Foimbi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peimba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puimba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fuimbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poimui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faimbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pembid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pimbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pembui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phumbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vhimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puimby | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Phimbi
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