Akambu Surname

185,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Akambu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akambu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2,2641:32,6324,052
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Akambu (31) may also be a first name.

Akambu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akambu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Akambu.

How Common Is The Last Name Akambu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 185,769th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,194,891 people. The surname Akambu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akambu live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most common first name world-wide, borne by 31 people.

The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,264 people, or 1 in 32,632. Excluding The DR Congo this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akambou924/
Akaumbu922/
Hakambut861/
Akombu831,104/
Ekambu8355/
Akanbu837/
Akembu833/
Hakhambut8069/
Akombou7712/
Ekambou779/
Aukombu774/
Akembou772/
Akombuh771/
Akonmbu771/
Akamboe771/
Akoumbou715/
Akombout711/
Ekombu67171/
Akonbu6728/
Okombu674/
Acombu673/
Okembu671/
Ekembu671/
Akanvou6243/
Akonbou622/
Ekembou621/
Ekuombu621/
Akomboo621/
Okoumbou579/
Okonbu501/

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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
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  • 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 Akambu
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