Famba Surname
Approximately 4,855 people bear this surname
Famba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,366 | 1:21,949 | 2,774 |
| Uganda | 971 | 1:40,205 | 5,133 |
| Zimbabwe | 330 | 1:46,783 | 7,181 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Senegal | 18 | 1:809,963 | 2,817 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Famba (689) may also be a first name.
Famba Demographics
Famba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Famba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Famba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Famba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻣﺒﺎ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Famba? popularity and diffusion
Famba is the 97,725th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,501,039 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Famba live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 315,065th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 689 people.
This last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,366 people, or 1 in 21,949. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.
Famba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Famba surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Famba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Famba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻣﺒﺎ | famba | - |
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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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- 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 Famba
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