Imbwa Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Imbwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Imbwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imbwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Imbwa is found most in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Imbwa? popularity and diffusion
Imbwa is the 1,252,959th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Imbwa live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Imbwa is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 41 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Imbwa
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