Iyamba Surname
Approximately 2,527 people bear this surname
Iyamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,389 | 1:53,189 | 6,411 |
| Nigeria | 1,120 | 1:158,163 | 9,941 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Iyamba (305) may also be a first name.
Iyamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyamba is found in The DR Congo more 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 Iyamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyamba is the 170,546th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,883,873 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyamba reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 55 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 504,078th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 305 people.
The surname Iyamba is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,389 people, or 1 in 53,189. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 44 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Iyamba
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