Zibwe Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Zibwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 638 | 1:82,981 | 8,485 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Zibwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zibwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zibwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zibwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 487,899th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,716,979 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zibwe live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 638 people, or 1 in 82,981. In Tanzania Zibwe is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live and Kagera Region, where 0 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhibwe | 91 | 6 | / |
| Zibw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Cibwe | 80 | 145 | / |
| Zibwa | 80 | 35 | / |
| Jibwe | 80 | 35 | / |
| Zibwi | 80 | 33 | / |
| Zibbe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Zebwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gibwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chibwe | 73 | 38,570 | / |
| Djibwe | 73 | 657 | / |
| Zzibwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ziboue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ciebwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sibwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ziebwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zibewi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gibwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dzibve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zibwowa | 67 | 688 | / |
| Tshibwe | 67 | 177 | / |
| Chibhwe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Zebw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zybw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zibouhe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Zibwe
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