Fambayi Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Fambayi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fambayi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1201:128,65217,093
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Fambayi (191) may also be a first name.

Fambayi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fambayi is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fambayi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,637,889th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname Fambayi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fambayi live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 657,437th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 191 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 128,652. In Zimbabwe Fambayi is most common in: Harare Province, where 38 percent live, Midlands Province, where 22 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 13 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fambai92214/
Fambaya8656/
Vambai7733/
Fambea7714/
Fombai7712/
Famboy773/
Fombay772/
Fambaa771/
Fambaj771/
Famboa771/
Fambie770/
Fambiya7163/
Foumbai716/
Fambuis711/
Fambieh711/
Phambaie674/
Phambaya671/

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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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  • 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 Fambayi
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