Kamponya Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kamponya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamponya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia181:880,55128,935
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kamponya (33) may also be a first name.

Kamponya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamponya is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamponya? popularity and diffusion

Kamponya is the 4,427,875th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Kamponya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamponya live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kamponya is also the 1,807,719th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 33 people.

Kamponya is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 880,551. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 94 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 6 percent are found. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

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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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  • 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 Kamponya
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