Kachamba Surname

173,472nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kachamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kachamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,6991:10,0761,563
Zambia5891:26,9102,823
Tanzania921:575,45236,554
Zimbabwe691:223,74325,019
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
England21:27,859,030389,889
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kachamba (32) may also be a first name.

Kachamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kachamba occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kachamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 173,472nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,942,086 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kachamba reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held forename on earth, held by 32 people.

Kachamba is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 1,699 people, or 1 in 10,076. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Kachamba Last Name Statistics demography

Kachamba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.84% less than the national average, earning R 161,964 per year.

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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 Kachamba
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