Kamba Surname
Approximately 71,197 people bear this surname
Kamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41,004 | 1:1,802 | 174 |
| Malawi | 4,235 | 1:4,042 | 557 |
| Cameroon | 3,509 | 1:5,919 | 718 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,862 | 1:5,394 | 545 |
| Congo | 2,767 | 1:1,803 | 295 |
| Tanzania | 2,705 | 1:19,572 | 2,493 |
| Uganda | 2,324 | 1:16,798 | 2,602 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Indonesia | 1,281 | 1:103,239 | 10,616 |
| Egypt | 1,190 | 1:77,257 | 6,997 |
| Kenya | 1,170 | 1:39,470 | 4,183 |
| Nigeria | 993 | 1:178,391 | 10,980 |
| Zambia | 813 | 1:19,496 | 2,169 |
| India | 557 | 1:1,377,137 | 53,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 533 | 1:15,298 | 1,480 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| South Africa | 460 | 1:117,778 | 14,016 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 228 | 1:1,589,732 | 106,920 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Niger | 178 | 1:107,820 | 4,343 |
| Burkina Faso | 125 | 1:146,817 | 3,794 |
| Liberia | 90 | 1:48,984 | 4,396 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Belgium | 73 | 1:157,488 | 21,805 |
| Malaysia | 68 | 1:433,739 | 22,323 |
| England | 68 | 1:819,383 | 43,863 |
| Czechia | 64 | 1:166,148 | 25,172 |
| Canada | 58 | 1:635,269 | 52,014 |
| Austria | 37 | 1:230,147 | 27,778 |
| Algeria | 27 | 1:1,430,798 | 42,881 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Japan | 13 | 1:9,834,176 | 45,186 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Nepal | 10 | 1:2,848,096 | 9,545 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Kamba (11,698) may also be a first name.
Kamba Demographics
Kamba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺐ, Hindi: कम्बा, Marathi: कंबा, Oriya: କାା, Russian: Камба) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamba is the 7,973rd most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 102,357 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kamba reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kamba is also the 55,144th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 11,698 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 41,004 people, or 1 in 1,802. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 88 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Kamba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kamba surname are 30.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 84.21% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kamba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 5.87% less than the national average, earning R 223,680 per year; in United States they earn 20.94% more than the national average, earning $52,185 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $34,037 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamba in the Marathi language | ||
| कंबा | kamba | 90 |
| कांबा | kamba | 6 |
| सांबरी | sambari | 4 |
| Kamba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺐ | kmb | 75 |
| ﻛﺎﻣﺒﺎ | kamba | 25 |
| Kamba in the Hindi language | ||
| कम्बा | kamba | 66.67 |
| कंबा | kamba | 16.67 |
| कमबा | kamaba | 16.67 |
| Kamba in the Oriya language | ||
| କାା | kaa | 49.63 |
| କ | ka | 20 |
| କା | ka | 14.07 |
| ଓରାମ | orama | 4.44 |
| କାକା | kaka | 0.74 |
| ସାାମା | saama | 0.74 |
| ମମିତା | mamita | 0.74 |
| ରାମଚ | ramaca | 0.74 |
| କାର | kara | 0.74 |
| Kamba in the Russian language | ||
| Камба | kamba | - |
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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 Kamba
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