Bwamba Surname

324,446th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,148 people bear this surname

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

Bwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo8891:83,1049,543
Nigeria1971:899,20239,032
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Bwamba (84) may also be a first name.

Bwamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bwamba occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bwamba.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwamba? popularity and diffusion

Bwamba is the 324,446th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 6,348,037 people. The surname Bwamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwamba live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 84 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 889 people, or 1 in 83,104. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.

Bwamba Last Name Statistics demography

Bwamba earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwambai921/
Bwatemba866/
Bwatimba863/
Bwambaya861/
Buamba833,700/
Bwemba83770/
Bwambi83228/
Bwambo83103/
Bwambe8332/
Bwanba831/
Buhamba7797/
Buambai779/
Npwamba771/
Buambi67144/
Buambo6798/
Buemba6734/
Bwombe6732/
Buomba6727/
Buambe6727/
Bwombo6721/
Vuamba673/
Bwembo672/
Bweitimba672/
Bbambi671/
Buhemba6210/
Buambes622/
Buhambi621/
Bbombay621/
Pwaimbo621/
Bouhanba571/
Bwanbish571/
Bbombo5031/
Bvombo509/
Buombo503/
Buembo501/

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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 Bwamba
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