Kambula Surname

208,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kambula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1151:48,5906,182
DR Congo5881:125,64613,565
Tanzania1311:404,13428,508
Zambia991:160,10011,305
India131:59,005,029552,550
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
England31:18,572,686338,250
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Kambula (70) may also be a first name.

Kambula Last Name Facts

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

Kambula (Oriya: କୁଳ) is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kambula.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambula? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kambula is the 208,375th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,671,308 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kambula live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 70 people.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,115 people, or 1 in 48,590. In South Africa Kambula is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 37 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 29 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.

Kambula Last Name Statistics demography

Kambula earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.83% less than the national average, earning R 166,740 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kambula Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kambula in the Oriya language
କୁଳkula50
କାୁଲାkaula50

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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
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  • 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 Kambula
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