Hambu Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Hambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 222 | 1:71,396 | 6,193 |
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Hambu (179) may also be a first name.
Hambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hambu (Arabic: هامبو, Hindi: हांबू, Marathi: हंबु) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hambu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 619,831st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Hambu live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Hambu is also the 681,368th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 179 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 71,396. In Zambia Hambu is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 69 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 28 percent are found and Central Province, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hambu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hambu in the Hindi language | ||
| हांबू | hambu | 66.67 |
| हांबु | hambu | 16.67 |
| हम्बू | hambu | 16.67 |
| Hambu in the Marathi language | ||
| हंबु | hambu | 33.33 |
| हांबू | hambu | 22.22 |
| हांबु | hambu | 22.22 |
| हंबू | hambu | 22.22 |
| Hambu in the Arabic language | ||
| هامبو | hambw | - |
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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 Hambu
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