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

Bambanza occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bambanza? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 584,278th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bambanza live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 167,537. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 97 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Bambanza
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