Kambuwa Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Kambuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Zimbabwe | 79 | 1:195,421 | 22,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Kambuwa (19) may also be a first name.
Kambuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kambuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kambuwa is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kambuwa? popularity and diffusion
Kambuwa is the 398,988th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,262,524 people. The surname Kambuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kambuwa live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kambuwa is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 706 people, or 1 in 24,248. Without taking into account Malawi it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kambauwa | 93 | 1,165 | / |
| Kambuwah | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kambuwe | 86 | 278 | / |
| Kambuwi | 86 | 31 | / |
| Kambuwo | 86 | 16 | / |
| Kambuva | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kombuwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kanbuwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kambowah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kambubay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kambowoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kambowe | 71 | 419 | / |
| Kambowo | 71 | 137 | / |
| Kambuvi | 71 | 46 | / |
| Kambuve | 71 | 19 | / |
| Kambuvo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kambube | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kamvuwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cambauva | 67 | 225 | / |
| Kambieva | 67 | 164 | / |
| Kombowai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanbowah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamboube | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kambubui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khambieva | 63 | 14 | / |
| Khamboubi | 63 | 5 | / |
| Kombowe | 57 | 41 | / |
| Kombowo | 57 | 28 | / |
| Kombowi | 57 | 12 | / |
| Kombowei | 53 | 10 | / |
| Combowaa | 53 | 2 | / |
| Kombieva | 53 | 1 | / |
| Combowah | 53 | 1 | / |
| Komboeva | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kanbieva | 53 | 1 | / |
| Khanboubi | 50 | 1,144 | / |
| Khanbieva | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Kambuwa
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