Kasambo Surname
Approximately 1,953 people bear this surname
Kasambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Zambia | 584 | 1:27,140 | 2,853 |
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Tanzania | 123 | 1:430,420 | 30,093 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kasambo (117) may also be a first name.
Kasambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kasambo occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasambo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 211,212th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,731,462 people. The last name Kasambo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasambo reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 117 people.
This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Aside from Malawi Kasambo exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Kasambo
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