Kantambe Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Kantambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kantambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kantambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kantambe is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kantambe.
How Common Is The Last Name Kantambe? popularity and diffusion
Kantambe is the 1,551,568th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kantambe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kantambe is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Barring Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantamba | 88 | 595 | / |
| Kantembe | 88 | 191 | / |
| Kantambi | 88 | 68 | / |
| Kontambe | 88 | 5 | / |
| Kanthambi | 82 | 105 | / |
| Konthambe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kantomba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kantamwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cantamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kantanba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanthomba | 71 | 289 | / |
| Cantambay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaintombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kandtoumbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kontomba | 63 | 15 | / |
| Cantanve | 63 | 2 | / |
| Kantanva | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kountomba | 59 | 1 | / |
| Khantanvi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kanthonwet | 56 | 14 | / |
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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
- 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 Kantambe
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