Kanambe Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kanambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kanambe (11) may also be a first name.

Kanambe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanambe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanambe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Kanambe is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kanambe are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kanambe is also the 3,487,849th most common given name worldwide It is held by 11 people.

Kanambe is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

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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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  • 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 Kanambe
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