Kamboye Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Kamboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Kamboye (16) may also be a first name.
Kamboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamboye is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamboye? popularity and diffusion
Kamboye is the 3,730,171st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Kamboye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamboye live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 689,127. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 74 percent are found, Central Province, where 9 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Zambia Kamboye exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Kamboye
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