Kamalamba Surname

237,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kamalamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamalamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,4931:10,6161,226
DR Congo1851:399,34933,942
India101:76,706,538639,611
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kamalamba (334) may also be a first name.

Kamalamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamalamba is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamalamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 237,286th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,307,060 people. The surname Kamalamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamalamba are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kamalamba is also the 478,963rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 334 people.

This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,493 people, or 1 in 10,616. In Zambia Kamalamba is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 72 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Kamalamba exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamalaamba951/
Kamaliamba951/
Kaïmalamba951/
Kamalemba89329/
Kamalambo89166/
Komalamba892/
Kamalanba891/
Kamalambee841/
Komalambhai801/
Kamalembo7886/
Kamalombi784/

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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 Kamalamba
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