Kamwimba Surname
Approximately 674 people bear this surname
Kamwimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 301 | 1:52,658 | 4,911 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Kamwimba (55) may also be a first name.
Kamwimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamwimba is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwimba? popularity and diffusion
Kamwimba is the 491,125th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,812,383 people. Kamwimba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwimba live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kamwimba is also the 1,336,256th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 55 people.
This surname is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 52,658. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 58 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 34 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 6 percent are found. Not including Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 40 percent are found and Malawi, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamwemba | 88 | 183 | / |
| Kamuimba | 88 | 82 | / |
| Kamwimbi | 88 | 8 | / |
| Kamwimbe | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kuimwimba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kamvemba | 75 | 68 | / |
| Kamuemba | 75 | 62 | / |
| Kamwembo | 75 | 62 | / |
| Kamvumba | 75 | 34 | / |
| Cambimba | 75 | 10 | / |
| Kambimbo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Camuimba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kamwembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamuimbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kambimbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Komuhimba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kamuhimbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koumbeimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kambembi | 63 | 377 | / |
| Kombemba | 63 | 10 | / |
| Cambimbe | 63 | 2 | / |
| Kamvimvi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cambimbo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Koumbemba | 59 | 346 | / |
| Komuhimbou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Cambembe | 50 | 10 | / |
| Combemba | 50 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kamwimba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis