Dikamba Surname

376,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 950 people bear this surname

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

Dikamba Surname User-submission:

The Dikamba surname means 'old cayman on the shore'. It originated from the Luba Kasaï tribe, Congo. It is also known in its full form dikamba kamina nsoka, meaning 'stone swallowing cayman'. The Luba tradition tells that to know the age of a crocodile at its death, it is enough to disembowel it and count the number of stones in its abdomen.

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Dikamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo9171:80,5679,307
Cameroon181:1,153,83770,128
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Dikamba (36) may also be a first name.

Dikamba Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Dikamba surname means 'old cayman on the shore'. It originated from the Luba Kasaï tribe, Congo. It is also known in its full form dikamba kamina nsoka, meaning 'stone swallowing cayman'. The Luba tradition tells that to know the age of a crocodile at its death, it is enough to disembowel it and count the number of stones in its abdomen. They would swallow one every year.

- jrmuanza

Dikamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dikamba is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dikamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 376,479th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,671,101 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dikamba are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name globally. It is borne by 36 people.

The last name Dikamba is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 917 people, or 1 in 80,567. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and The Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Dikambo8636/
Dikemba865/
Dukamba861/
Dikanbay8020/
Dikanbai807/
Dikoumba804/
Dikambou802/
Dikhomba801/
Dikambit801/
Dikanbau801/
Dikhanbay75117/
Dikhanbai751/
Desckamba750/
Dekambi71624/
Dekemba71190/
Dikembo71172/
Dikombo7187/
Dekomba7125/
Dikombe717/
Dekambo714/
Dukomba714/
Decamba712/
Dyokomba6750/
Dicambio6735/
Dekembai6735/
Deckambi6714/
Deskomba672/
Dykanbay672/
Diocambo671/
Diekembo671/
Dekembay671/
Decambas671/
Dekanmbi671/
Dikhanbo671/

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