Kamponda Surname

400,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 878 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kamponda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamponda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7841:21,8363,343
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Zambia131:1,219,22530,856
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kamponda Last Name Facts

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

Kamponda is most common in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamponda? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 400,385th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 8,300,166 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamponda live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Besides Malawi this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamphonda94497/
Kampanda881,131/
Kamponde88494/
Kampondo8837/
Kampunda885/
Kampondi882/
Komponda881/
Kamphanda82525/
Khampondi821/
Kamphonde821/
Kampandha821/
Kabonda80758/
Kampando75160/
Kampunde7530/
Kampandi7529/
Kampande7528/
Kampundi752/
Kampamda751/
Kanpanda751/
Kampaundi71898/
Kanphondi719/
Kompoundi711/
Kampandei711/
Khampandi711/
Kabanda6752,696/
Kabondo6710,186/
Kobanda6763/
Kobonda677/
Cabonda676/
Kabamda671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kamponda
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