Kambua Surname

73,432nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kambua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5,5591:8,3071,087
DR Congo8621:85,7079,810
Papua New Guinea2361:34,5504,063
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Namibia41:602,35012,421
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: Kâmbua (1) are calculated separately.

Kambua (1,909) may also be a first name.

Kambua Last Name Facts

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

Kambua (Oriya: କୁଆ) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Kâmbua. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 73,432nd most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,086,882 people. The surname Kambua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kambua are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kambua is also the 173,888th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,909 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,559 people, or 1 in 8,307. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kitui County, where 59 percent reside, Makueni County, where 18 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.

Kambua Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kambua last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kâmbua941/
Khambua92715/
Kaembua921/
Kambuha921/
Kaumbua921/
Kambuayi864/
Kambwa83721/
Kanbua83694/
Kombua83546/
Cambua83545/
Kampua8392/
Kembua8352/
Kambuo8315/
Kaumbwa77531/
Khombua7771/
Kaimbwa7750/
Kambwaa7727/
Kaambwa7711/
Kambwah7710/
Khanbua775/
Khampua774/
Kombuha774/
Keambwa774/
Cambuay771/
Kuombua771/
Kambwaj771/
Kambhwa771/
Kaimbva771/
Kambbou771/
Kaembwa771/
Kuimbua771/
Kasenbua711,323/
Kasimbwa71131/
Kahambwa7186/
Kasembwa7123/
Kahumbwa7121/
Kamvuayi711/
Kambwaha711/
Kembwa6710,649/
Kombwa67645/
Kanvua6721/
Kanbwa6713/
Campua6710/
Kachembwa679/
Konbua679/
Kampwa677/
Kampuo674/
Cambwa672/
Kempua671/
Câmbua671/
Khatimbwa671/

Kambua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kambua in the Oriya language
କୁଆku'a-

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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 Kambua
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