Kalambo Surname

38,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kalambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi8,5481:2,003232
Tanzania2,1291:24,8673,051
DR Congo1,7921:41,2275,062
Zambia1,0111:15,6771,770
Zimbabwe581:266,17728,032
Papua New Guinea511:159,87722,106
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Namibia61:401,56710,578
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England31:18,572,686338,250
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Kalambo (469) may also be a first name.

Kalambo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kalambo (Oriya: କଲୋ) is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalambo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 38,416th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 532,326 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalambo live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 393,184th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 469 people.

The surname Kalambo is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 8,548 people, or 1 in 2,003. Without taking into account Malawi it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.

Kalambo Last Name Statistics demography

Kalambo earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.5% less than the national average, earning R 184,164 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kalambo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalambo in the Oriya language
କଲୋkalo-

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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
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  • 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 Kalambo
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