Kanyumbo Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kanyumbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kanyumbo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kanyumbo Last Name Facts

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

Kanyumbo is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyumbo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanyumbo is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Kanyumbo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyumbo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 964,890. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 81 percent live, Harare Province, where 6 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 6 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 23 percent live and Zambia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanyumba88833/
Kanjumbo884/
Kanjuumbo821/
Kanjumba758/
Kanhumba751/
Kanhounbo712/
Kanayomba711/
Kounhoumbo671/
Kanjomba635/
Canhumba631/
Kanjiunba591/
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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 Kanyumbo
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