Kambubi Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kambubi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambubi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1801:88,0557,309
Zimbabwe531:291,28829,631
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710

Kambubi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kambubi (Marathi: बुबी) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambubi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,048,281st most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kambubi live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 88,055. In Zambia Kambubi is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 56 percent live, Central Province, where 23 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent live. Besides Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kambubui931/
Kambubai931/
Khamboubi885/
Kambuba8636/
Kembubi8614/
Kambube863/
Kambobi861/
Kambiebi801/
Kambubay801/
Kamboube801/
Kembuubi801/
Khanboubi751,144/
Kambobe714,521/
Kambuve7119/
Kamboba719/
Kembube711/
Kemboube679/
Khenboubi63170/
Kombobe572/
Komboebe534/

Kambubi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kambubi in the Marathi language
बुबीbubi-

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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 Kambubi
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