Kambobe Surname

103,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kambobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3,3841:4,684571
DR Congo1,1151:66,2607,815
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kambobe (167) may also be a first name.

Kambobe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kambobe occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambobe? popularity and diffusion

Kambobe is the 103,911th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,611,932 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kambobe reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kambobe is also the 708,111th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 167 people.

Kambobe is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 3,384 people, or 1 in 4,684. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 40 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live and Central Province, where 12 percent live. Not including Zambia Kambobe exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamboube931/
Kamboba869/
Kambabe865/
Kambebe864/
Kambube863/
Kombobe862/
Kambobi861/
Kemboube809/
Komboebe804/
Kambabhe802/
Khamboubi755/
Kambubi71239/
Kambabi71104/
Kambaba7162/
Kambuba7136/
Kambuve7119/
Kombabe7112/
Kombove7111/
Kambovi712/
Kambebi711/
Kombebe711/
Kombebea6748/
Khambabi672/
Kambabai671/
Khambaba671/
Quambobi671/
Koumbabe671/
Komboveh671/
Kambubay671/
Kaumbabi671/
Kambubui671/
Kambubai671/
Kambhave671/

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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 Kambobe
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