Fwambo Surname
Approximately 1,379 people bear this surname
Fwambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 848 | 1:18,691 | 2,086 |
| Tanzania | 507 | 1:104,421 | 10,188 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Fwambo (103) may also be a first name.
Fwambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fwambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fwambo is found most in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fwambo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fwambo is the 280,156th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,284,660 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwambo reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Fwambo is also the 930,172nd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 103 people.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 848 people, or 1 in 18,691. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 39 percent reside, Northern Province, where 25 percent reside and Luapula Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zambia it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 37 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Fwambo
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