Kiambwe Surname

712,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 411 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kiambwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiambwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3631:145,84513,314
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567

Kiambwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kiambwe is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiambwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 712,393rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 17,731,255 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiambwe are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 145,845. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Pwani Region, where 69 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kihambwe93211/
Kyambwe861,300/
Kiambwa8695/
Kiombwe8629/
Kiambue864/
Kayombwe8042/
Kihombwe801/
Kajombwe801/
Kkyambwe801/
Kyombwe71525/
Kyambue7121/
Kiombwa711/
Kiambui711/
Kayombwa671/
Kyamvwi574/
Kyambui571/

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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
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  • 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 Kiambwe
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