Kandambo Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kandambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia51:481,88011,140
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kandambo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kandambo is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kandambo.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Kandambo occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kandambo live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kandambo is most widespread in Namibia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 481,880. In Namibia Kandambo is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 80 percent reside and Otjozondjupa Region, where 20 percent reside. Beside Namibia Kandambo occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kandatembo891/
Kandamba88412/
Kamdambo88366/
Kandombo88259/
Kandembo8849/
Candambo881/
Kondambo881/
Kandanbo881/
Kondambou822/
Kasendamba781/
Kondombo759,907/
Kandemba75223/
Kandomba75199/
Candembo7527/
Kondembo7521/
Candamba7514/
Kondamba751/
Coondambo711/
Konndombo711/
Koundombo711/
Kandõba671/
Condombo6328/
Komdombo6320/
Kondonbo6311/
Kondomba636/
Candomba635/
Kondemba631/
Kondoumba591/
Condonbo501/
Condomba501/
Komdonbo501/

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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 Kandambo
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