Kadambo Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kadambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kadambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3921:43,6716,239
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kadambo (12) may also be a first name.

Kadambo Last Name Facts

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

Kadambo occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kadambo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 699,651st most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kadambo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name internationally, held by 12 people.

The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Barring Malawi Kadambo exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

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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 Kadambo
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