Kalobwe Surname

61,020th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kalobwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalobwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4,5891:3,454432
DR Congo3,6391:20,3022,564
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kalobwe (290) may also be a first name.

Kalobwe Last Name Facts

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

Kalobwe is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalobwe? popularity and diffusion

Kalobwe is the 61,020th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 884,304 people. The last name Kalobwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalobwe live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kalobwe is also the 518,802nd most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 290 people.

The surname is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 4,589 people, or 1 in 3,454. In Zambia Kalobwe is most common in: Luapula Province, where 50 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Zambia Kalobwe is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kalobwee931/
Kalobwa864,046/
Kalebwe862,780/
Kalabwe86568/
Kolobwe86417/
Kalubwe86160/
Kalobue864/
Khalobwa804/
Kalapwe712,619/
Kalubwa71640/
Kalabue71192/
Kalabwa7148/
Kelebwe7123/
Kolobbe7119/
Calabwe711/
Kolobwa711/
Kolebwe711/
Kalepwe711/
Kalubue711/
Kaloubouet711/
Kalubbe711/
Kaulubwi6743/
Kolabwey671/
Kalampwe671/
Kalubwai671/
Khalabwa671/
Kalyabwa671/
Kaliovue671/
Kalobuayi634/
Kalapwa5722/
Kalabbi576/
Kalupwa576/
Kalavve574/
Kolabue571/
Kalepue571/
Kolabuey531/
Kalabuich502/
Cagliabue501/
Kalubuayi501/

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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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  • 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 Kalobwe
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