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

The last name Kadambo is found most frequently in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kadambo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kadambo is the 699,651st most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 widely held given name worldwide, held by 12 people.

It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Aside from Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found and India, where 0 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
  • 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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