Kandimba Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kandimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Namibia571:42,2705,570
Zambia471:337,23218,059
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kandimba (61) may also be a first name.

Kandimba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kandimba (Marathi: कांडींबा) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandimba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kandimba is the 767,694th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kandimba are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kandimba is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 61 people.

The last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Beside Malawi this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent live and Namibia, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaindimba941/
Kandmba931/
Candimba881,811/
Kandumba88631/
Kandemba88223/
Kandimbe88105/
Kondimba881/
Kandhumba82123/
Kanduimbi8248/
Kandembai825/
Koundimba821/
Kandembi7555/
Kandembo7549/
Kondumba7536/
Candimbo7518/
Candumba7516/
Kandembe755/
Kondinba753/
Candimva752/
Camdimba751/
Kondemba751/
Koundinba711/
Kandembeth673/
Kondmbo671/
Candumbo632,763/
Candembo6327/
Kondembo6321/
Candembe634/
Kondumbo632/
Kondembe631/

Kandimba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kandimba in the Marathi language
कांडींबाkandimba-

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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 Kandimba
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