Gambanda Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

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

Gambanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gambanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Gambanda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gambanda is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gambanda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,459,453rd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Gambanda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gambanda reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Gambanda is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Excluding The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gambanda
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