Fwamba Surname

63,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Kenya

Fwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fwamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4,4531:16,5912,078
Kenya2,9431:15,6911,875
Tanzania3171:167,00814,768
Zambia1371:115,6938,909
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Fwamba (905) may also be a first name.

Fwamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fwamba occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fwamba? popularity and diffusion

Fwamba is the 63,418th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 922,708 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwamba reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 269,733rd most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 905 people.

The last name Fwamba is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4,453 people, or 1 in 16,591. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 37 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Fwamba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Fwamba earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning R 247,836 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fwambah922/
Fuamba833,685/
Fwambo831,379/
Fwambe83356/
Fwambi835/
Fwemba832/
Bwambai771/
Fuambe675,222/
Buamba673,700/
Fuemba6754/
Fuambi6724/
Vuamba673/
Fwanbe672/
Wbomba671/
Fwombe671/
Fuambo671/
Bwanba671/
Buhamba6297/
Buambai629/
Fuambeh621/
Fuamber621/
Vuemba50239/
Buambi50144/
Buambo5098/
Bwombe5032/
Buambe5027/
Buomba5027/
Bwombo5021/
Fuembo503/
Bbambi501/
Fuanbe501/

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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 Fwamba
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