Kashamba Surname
Approximately 2,576 people bear this surname
Kashamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 858 | 1:61,704 | 6,617 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Zambia | 304 | 1:52,138 | 4,872 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Uganda | 226 | 1:172,740 | 14,602 |
| Zimbabwe | 149 | 1:103,612 | 14,508 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Namibia | 49 | 1:49,171 | 6,085 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kashamba (124) may also be a first name.
Kashamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kashamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kashamba occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kashamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 167,829th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,829,016 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kashamba reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 836,439th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 124 people.
The last name Kashamba is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 858 people, or 1 in 61,704. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 26 percent live, Kagera Region, where 25 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Tanzania Kashamba exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 22 percent live and Zambia, where 12 percent live.
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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 Kashamba
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