Kamwambe Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Kamwambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kamwambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamwambe is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwambe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,263,456th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Kamwambe is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kamwambe reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kamwambe is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamwambi | 88 | 1,604 | / |
| Kamwamba | 88 | 801 | / |
| Kamwembe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kamuambe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kammwamba | 82 | 1,360 | / |
| Kam'mwamba | 78 | 261 | / |
| Cambambe | 75 | 2,372 | / |
| Kamuamba | 75 | 337 | / |
| Kamwamwa | 75 | 131 | / |
| Kamuambi | 75 | 82 | / |
| Kanvambe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kambaambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanuambi | 63 | 137 | / |
| Kanuamba | 63 | 21 | / |
| Kambonwe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kanvamba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhomba | 59 | 8 | / |
| Kamuhanba | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Kamwambe
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