Kambad Surname

191,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Kambad Surname User-submission:

The Kambad surname comes from the word for 'yoke'. Their ancestors got the blessings of God by giving water to the pilgrims through the yoke. This yoke also known as a kavad (kambad), from which they got their surnames.

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Kambad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,1661:354,13919,309
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kambad (134) may also be a first name.

Kambad Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Kambad surname comes from the word for 'yoke'. Their ancestors got the blessings of God by giving water to the pilgrims through the yoke. This yoke also known as a kavad (kambad), from which they got their surnames.

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Kambad Last Name Facts

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

Kambad (Hindi: कम्बड, Marathi: कंबद) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kambad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kambad is the 191,921st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,320,066 people. The last name Kambad is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kambad live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 800,975th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 134 people.

This last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 2,166 people, or 1 in 354,139. In India Kambad is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 93 percent reside, Karnataka, where 6 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside. Beside India Kambad exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khambad9254/
Kammbad921/
Khambhad86444/
Kambat83134/
Kambod83116/
Cambad8313/
Kombad838/
Kembad831/
Khambat771,258/
Kambate7756/
Kambath7736/
Khanbad7730/
Kambhat774/
Kombaad773/
Kombaud773/
Kambatt771/
Cambhad771/
Khambod771/
Khambait711,247/
Khambhat71528/
Khanbhad7198/
Khambate7181/
Khombaud7156/
Kambhatt7110/
Khambatt716/
Kambathe714/
Khambood714/
Khanbadd714/
Kahmbait711/
Khambayt711/
Khambhod711/
Kambhate711/
Kombat673,462/
Cambod67159/
Cambat67101/
Khambhait6779/
Kambot6747/
Katembate6734/
Kembat6734/
Kanbat6721/
Khambhatt674/
Khambayte674/
Kambotova673/
Kambatova673/
Khambhate672/
Qambadova671/
Kambhasth671/
Kanbod671/
Khambaite671/
Qambat671/

Kambad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kambad in the Marathi language
कंबदkambada75
कांबडkambada25
Kambad in the Hindi language
कम्बडkambada50
काम्बडkambada50

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