Kambuwa Surname

398,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 882 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kambuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7061:24,2483,692
Zimbabwe791:195,42122,838
Papua New Guinea411:198,87127,541
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Botswana171:128,64318,229
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

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

The last name Kambuwa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kambuwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambuwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 398,988th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kambuwa are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous given name internationally It is held by 19 people.

This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 706 people, or 1 in 24,248. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kambauwa931,165/
Kambuwah932/
Kambuwe86278/
Kambuwi8631/
Kambuwo8616/
Kambuva869/
Kombuwa862/
Kanbuwa861/
Kambowah802/
Kambubay801/
Kambowoa801/
Kambowe71419/
Kambowo71137/
Kambuvi7146/
Kambuve7119/
Kambuvo719/
Kambube713/
Kamvuwe711/
Cambauva67225/
Kambieva67164/
Kombowai672/
Kanbowah671/
Kamboube671/
Kambubui671/
Khambieva6314/
Khamboubi635/
Kombowe5741/
Kombowo5728/
Kombowi5712/
Kombowei5310/
Combowaa532/
Kombieva531/
Combowah531/
Komboeva531/
Kanbieva531/
Khanboubi501,144/
Khanbieva502/

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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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