Kamwambi Surname
Approximately 1,604 people bear this surname
Kamwambi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Zambia | 275 | 1:57,636 | 5,264 |
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kamwambi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwambi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamwambi has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwambi? popularity and diffusion
Kamwambi is the 247,845th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,543,358 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwambi are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kamwambi is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,255 people, or 1 in 13,641. Other than Malawi it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 17 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamwamba | 88 | 801 | / |
| Kamwambe | 88 | 182 | / |
| Kamuambi | 88 | 82 | / |
| Kammwamba | 82 | 1,360 | / |
| Khambambi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kambaambi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kam'mwamba | 78 | 261 | / |
| Cambambi | 75 | 2,170 | / |
| Kamuamba | 75 | 337 | / |
| Kanuambi | 75 | 137 | / |
| Kamwamwa | 75 | 131 | / |
| Kamuambe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamwembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanuamba | 63 | 21 | / |
| Kanvambe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kanvamba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhomba | 59 | 8 | / |
| Kamuhanba | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kambonwe | 50 | 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 Kamwambi
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