Kalimbwa Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kalimbwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalimbwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia571:278,06916,150
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Kalimbwa (21) may also be a first name.

Kalimbwa Last Name Facts

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

Kalimbwa has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalimbwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,931,261st most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name Kalimbwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalimbwa are found; 61 percent are found in Southern Africa and 61 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kalimbwa is also the 2,368,944th most common first name globally, held by 21 people.

The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 278,069. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 39 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 39 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Zambia Kalimbwa occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khalimbwa941/
Kalimbwe884,154/
Kalumbwa882,776/
Kalembwa88115/
Kalimbua8820/
Kalimbwi881/
Kaulumbwa826/
Kalembwe758,942/
Kalumbua75335/
Kalembua7527/
Kalimbue758/
Kalinbwe751/
Kaulumbua714/
Kalumbuayi671/
Kalembue63424/
Kalenbwe634/
Kolembwe631/
Calembue501/

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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 Kalimbwa
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