Kanambo Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Kanambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kanambo (55) may also be a first name.
Kanambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanambo has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kanambo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanambo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,202,518th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Kanambo are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kanambo is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 55 people.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi Kanambo occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and Israel, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kangambo | 93 | 115 | / |
| Kainaembo | 88 | 21 | / |
| Khanhambo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanamba | 86 | 518 | / |
| Kanembo | 86 | 149 | / |
| Kanombo | 86 | 130 | / |
| Konambo | 86 | 28 | / |
| Kananbo | 86 | 15 | / |
| Kenambo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Qanambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Canambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kangamba | 80 | 782 | / |
| Kanaimba | 80 | 117 | / |
| Kangombo | 80 | 51 | / |
| Kongambo | 80 | 41 | / |
| Kannamba | 80 | 11 | / |
| Kanoumbo | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kanambas | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kainembo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kenambou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kan'amba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamhambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanambha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaynamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaneymbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanaymba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Konamboy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanoumbou | 75 | 19 | / |
| Khangamba | 75 | 17 | / |
| Kanambath | 75 | 3 | / |
| Khanhanbo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kangambga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaingamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kannambat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kannembou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konombo | 71 | 3,859 | / |
| Kanemba | 71 | 382 | / |
| Kanomba | 71 | 212 | / |
| Kenamba | 71 | 62 | / |
| Canombo | 71 | 17 | / |
| Konanbo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kananba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Konamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Konembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kenembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangomba | 67 | 1,727 | / |
| Kongombo | 67 | 540 | / |
| Kamhamba | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kainomba | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kanhemba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cannombo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Konnombo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Conhambo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Konanboh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Konombou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaneemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenombou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koneimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konambha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamhombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canambas | 67 | 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
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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 Kanambo
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