Bambanza Surname

584,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bambanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bambanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3161:167,53714,797
Uganda1571:248,65818,515
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Bambanza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bambanza is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bambanza? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bambanza is the 584,278th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bambanza reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 167,537. In Tanzania Bambanza is most common in: Kagera Region, where 97 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 29 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bambanzea9421/
Bambanzia941/
Bombanza88220/
Bambonza88179/
Bambanze88111/
Wambanza8848/
Bamwanza882/
Bambanzi881/
Bamuanza881/
Banbanza881/
Boimbanza8221/
Bambangea8221/
Bambandja822/
Bombandza821/
Bahambanzi781/
Bambanji75103/
Bombonza7521/
Bambonzo754/
Wamwanza754/
Wambonza753/
Bambanje751/
Bombandja71219/
Bambandji711/
Wambandja711/

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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 Bambanza
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