Kasambo Surname

211,212th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,953 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kasambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kasambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
Zambia5841:27,1402,853
DR Congo4791:154,23716,059
Tanzania1231:430,42030,093
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

Kasambo occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kasambo.

How Common Is The Last Name Kasambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 211,212th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,731,462 people. Kasambo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasambo are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kasambo is also the 864,112th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 117 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Not including Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found.

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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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