Zimvu Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Zimvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 155 | 1:99,602 | 14,056 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Zimvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zimvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zimvu is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zimvu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zimvu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zimvu is the 1,295,379th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Zimvu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Zimvu reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 99,602. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Bulawayo Province, where 46 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 17 percent reside and Harare Province, where 16 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Zimvu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis