Kahamba Surname
Approximately 3,574 people bear this surname
Kahamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,122 | 1:24,949 | 3,063 |
| DR Congo | 958 | 1:77,119 | 8,957 |
| Namibia | 166 | 1:14,514 | 2,670 |
| Zambia | 150 | 1:105,666 | 8,338 |
| Uganda | 132 | 1:295,752 | 20,635 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kahamba (266) may also be a first name.
Kahamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahamba is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 127,023rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,039,045 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kahamba are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 545,281st most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 266 people.
Kahamba is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,122 people, or 1 in 24,949. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 16 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Kahamba occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Namibia, where 5 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 Kahamba
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