Zimba Surname

3,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184,084 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Zimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia92,3631:17219
Mozambique42,6411:639139
Malawi39,1851:43729
South Africa3,9711:13,6431,716
Zimbabwe2,1991:7,021785
Turkey5991:129,91910,651
DR Congo5131:144,01515,172
Uganda5041:77,4598,397
India5031:1,524,98157,070
Kenya3491:132,32110,872
United States2621:1,383,43195,756
Tanzania1961:270,11021,359
Burkina Faso1531:119,9483,441
England1501:371,45426,286
Botswana1381:15,8473,103
Russia501:2,882,461158,532
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Niger371:518,70313,483
Bhutan351:17,601449
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
Namibia251:96,3768,697
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Iceland101:38,0092,599
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Wales41:773,63329,106
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
France31:22,140,907385,998
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Zimba (601) may also be a first name.

Zimba Last Name Facts

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

Zimba (Russian: Зимба, Tibetan: ཇིམ་བྷ།) is most common in Zambia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Zimba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zimba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zimba is the 3,059th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,588 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zimba are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 340,957th most frequently held first name globally, held by 601 people.

The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 92,363 people, or 1 in 172. In Zambia Zimba is primarily found in: Eastern Province, where 45 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent reside and Muchinga Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Zambia it exists in 64 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 23 percent reside and Malawi, where 21 percent reside.

Zimba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (71%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Zimba surname are 37.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.7% registered with the party.

The amount Zimba earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 31.34% less than the national average, earning R 163,164 per year; in United States they earn 5.96% less than the national average, earning $40,577 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.95% more than the national average, earning $50,650 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ziemba919,681/
Dzimba912,573/
Zimbah91165/
Zaimba9126/
Zzimba9120/
Zimbha9117/
Zimbai9113/
Zeimba919/
Zimbad915/
Zimbga911/
Zimmba911/
Zimbay911/
Szimba911/
Zimbau911/
Zmba892/
Dziemba83741/
Zgimbau83185/
Zimbeha8391/
Ziembas831/
Zimbach831/
Dzimbai831/
Zimbahs831/
Simba8088,295/
Gimba8030,723/
Zemba8013,798/
Jimba8012,044/
Ximba8011,533/
Zimbe80837/
Zimbi80815/
Zimbo80550/
Zięba80146/
Cimba80138/
Zymba80101/
Zimva8049/
Zinba8042/
Zimwa8015/
Zimby801/
Dzmba801/
Dzimbahe7782/
Ziembacz7777/
Dziembaj7768/
Zimbaowa771/
Zimbaust771/
Tsimba7393,083/
Shimba7324,501/
Chimba738,515/
Simbai731,279/
Jimbai731,047/
Jimbat73653/
Zzimbe73600/
Djimba73590/
Zimber73424/
Jimbau73421/
Simmba73238/
Ziembo73214/
Soimba7396/
Zsemba7395/
Dzemba7383/
Cimbat7379/
Zembat7373/
Simbah7357/
Zimbou7354/
Zembas7351/
Gimbas7346/
Simbat7345/
Saimba7338/
Zembah7337/
Simbad7335/
Zhemba7332/
Simbau7331/
Czimbó7331/
Gimbad7326/
Siemba7325/
Zaimbo7324/
Zemboa7321/
Simbay7319/
Coimba7316/
Cimbay7316/
Zinbat7316/
Dzimbi7314/
Simbas7314/
Ssimba7314/
Gimbat7313/
Simeba7313/
Cimbas7313/
Gimbai7313/
Caimba7312/
Jimbea7311/
Dzimbo7310/
Czemba7310/
Cimbaz7310/
Zienba738/
Zeamba737/
Gimbau737/
Giemba736/
Zimbot736/
Dzimbe736/
Cuimba736/
Simboa735/
Dzinba735/
Jjimba735/
Zimbos734/
Simbaa734/
Sximba734/
Jimbap734/
Zimboh733/
Ginmba733/
Zimwai732/
Zimbie732/
Simbea732/
Zembaa732/
Zembai732/
Ziembe732/
Zzimbo732/
Gimbay732/
Xhimba732/
Dsimba732/
Jimbay732/
Zimway731/
Zmbach731/
Ziemva731/
Zimbey731/
Zimboi731/
Zaimbe731/
Zaemba731/
Simbaj731/
Gimnba731/
Zimbee731/
Zhinba731/
Zhimbo731/
Jimbas731/
Tximba731/
Zenmba731/
Zimbet731/
Zimbih731/
Zimbio731/
Zzimwa731/
Suimba731/
Simbaÿ731/
Gimmba731/
Cimbau731/
Zinbad731/
Jgimba731/
Dzimwa731/
Simbha731/
Ximbaa731/
Gimbea731/
Chiomba673,261/
Tshimba672,505/
Chimbay67759/
Tchimba67600/
Znba67336/
Chimbau67203/
Tjaimba67165/
Shaimba6759/
Chaimba6751/
Dzemboa6748/
Saimboa6742/
Chimbad6739/
Djimbai6739/
Sinmbai6738/
Zembaha6732/
Chimbga6728/
Dzembas6727/
Shiomba6727/
Simbach6726/
Zembahs6724/
Zhembas6719/
Shiemba6714/
Dzhimbo6713/
Shuimba6711/
Chimbai678/
Xmba677/
Tsimbas676/
Zgimboi676/
Zhimbey675/
Shimbau675/
Jimbaha674/
Smba674/
Zheemba674/
Chimbaa674/
Chimbaz674/
Zhimbiy673/
Shimbai673/
Chuimba673/
Chimbah673/
Cmba673/
Siembad672/
Gimbach672/
Jmba672/
Siembas672/
Sheimba672/
Ziębacz672/
Suimbay672/
Shimbay671/
Saimbas671/
Saimbha671/
Zimwash671/
Zembach671/
Ziaymbe671/
Zimbeer671/
Simbauj671/
Simbaða671/
Simbhai671/
Simmbau671/
Tsimbah671/
Jaimbah671/
Zinbgah671/
Zmbo671/
Chihmba671/
Tzimbou671/
Ziember671/
Zimbuoh671/
Zmbó671/
Zzimbei671/
Shhimba671/
Sihmbah671/
Saimbai671/
Djim'ba671/
Dzembea671/
Dzuimbo671/
Dzienba671/
Dzimbou671/
Dzinbas671/
Cuimbay671/
Chimbat671/
Zmby671/
Zmva671/
Dziembe671/
Cuimbaa671/
Gimbast670/

Zimba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zimba in the Tibetan language
ཇིམ་བྷ།jimbha32.14
འཇིམ་བ།jimwa17.86
སྦྱིན་པ།jinpa14.29
སྦྱིན་པ་jinpa7.14
ཇིམ་བ།jimwa7.14
བྷ་དུར་ཇིམ་བྷ་bhadurjimbha3.57
ཏ་མང་།tamang3.57
སྦྱིམ་བཱ།jimba3.57
འཛིམས་བཱ།dzimba3.57
སྦྱིམ་པ།jimpa3.57
སྦྱིན་འབག་jinbak3.57
Zimba in the Russian language
Зимбаzimba-

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