Ikambe Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Namibia

Ikambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ikambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Namibia401:60,2356,839
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Ikambe (113) may also be a first name.

Ikambe Last Name Facts

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

Ikambe is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikambe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ikambe is the 1,222,957th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Ikambe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikambe reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ikambe is also the 881,625th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 113 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aikambe9235/
Ikombe832,628/
Ikamba831,747/
Ekambe83402/
Ikembe83249/
Ikambi83214/
Ikanbe831/
Aaikhambe801/
Jikombe77252/
Yikamba7755/
Ickamba779/
Ikhamba774/
Gikambi773/
Jikamba772/
Ujkambe772/
Ekambea771/
Yikombe771/
Ikambai771/
Gikombe771/
Eakambe771/
Jikonmbe711/
Ikeaumba711/
Ukanmbee711/
Iskomber710/
Ikomba676,671/
Ikombi673,711/
Ekombe672,564/
Ekamba672,451/
Ekambi671,854/
Ekembe67772/
Ukombe67287/
Ekamby67146/
Ikembi6728/
Ukembe6711/
Ukanbe673/
Icombe672/
Heikhambi671/
Ikamvi671/

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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 Ikambe
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