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
Zibwe is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zibwe? popularity and diffusion
Zibwe is the 487,899th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zibwe reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 638 people, or 1 in 82,981. In Tanzania Zibwe is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
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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