Zimvumi Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Zimvumi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Zimvumi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1871:82,55712,049
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Zimvumi Last Name Facts

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

Zimvumi is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zimvumi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zimvumi is the 1,148,257th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The surname Zimvumi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Zimvumi live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 82,557. In Zimbabwe Zimvumi is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 30 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 28 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 8 percent are found and Singapore, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zimvuma8620/
Zimvume8615/
Zimvuama803/
Zimbume71156/
Zimbuma7122/
Chemvumi67142/
Chimbumi6710/
Semivumi671/
Zimbome572/
Chemvume531/

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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 Zimvumi
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