Kambalame Surname

40,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,040 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kambalame Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambalame Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi12,9401:1,323122
Zimbabwe711:217,44024,563
England211:2,653,24194,788
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kambalame (10) may also be a first name.

Kambalame Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kambalame is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambalame? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kambalame is the 40,217th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 558,861 people. The last name Kambalame is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kambalame live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 10 people.

The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 12,940 people, or 1 in 1,323. Beside Malawi this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kambalam9411/
Kambalami89217/
Kambalama8932/
Cambalame897/
Kambalome891/
Kambalamma841/
Kombalam821/
Kombalamma741/
Cambalom712/
Canbalam711/
Kombeleme6732/
Kamboloma562/
Khounboulam502/
Koumbouloum501/

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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 Kambalame
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