Bwambu Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

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

Bwambu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bwambu 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
DR Congo2461:300,32327,390
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bwambu (25) may also be a first name.

Bwambu Last Name Facts

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

Bwambu occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwambu? popularity and diffusion

Bwambu is the 1,017,412th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname Bwambu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwambu live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bwambu is also the 2,136,160th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 25 people.

This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 300,323. Other than The DR Congo Bwambu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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
Bwembu8341/
Buambu8334/
Bbambu832/
Bwombu831/
Mpwambu771/
Bwanvu6721/
Puambu673/
Buamvu671/
Bveimbu625/
Mpuambu621/
Pfuambu621/
Pwanvu501/
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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 Bwambu
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