Kambura Surname

197,177th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kambura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,7371:26,5862,978
Botswana1381:15,8473,103
Tanzania731:725,22841,094
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Moldova181:197,85418,761
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Finland71:785,24338,644
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
England11:55,718,059489,080
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kambura (1,262) may also be a first name.

Kambura Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kambura (Oriya: କାୁରା, Russian: Камбура) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kambura.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambura? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 197,177th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,431,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kambura live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 222,185th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,262 people.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 1,737 people, or 1 in 26,586. In Kenya Kambura is most frequent in: Meru County, where 68 percent live, Tharaka Nithi County, where 26 percent live and Kitui County, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Kambura Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kambura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kambura in the Oriya language
କାୁରାkaura-
Kambura in the Russian language
Камбураkambura-

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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 Kambura
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