Kiswamba Surname

425,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 812 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kiswamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiswamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7631:69,3867,318
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kiswamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kiswamba is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiswamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kiswamba is the 425,776th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,974,810 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiswamba reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 763 people, or 1 in 69,386. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Lindi Region, where 46 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 32 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 12 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kitswamba941/
Kiwamba93613/
Kizwamba8821/
Kuswamba882/
Kiswambi881/
Chiswamba821/
Kivamba803,285/
Kiwambo80128/
Kiwomba8042/
Kewamba801/
Chiwamba751,479/
Kuibamba754/
Kaibamba753/
Kibambai752/
Gkivamba751/
Kuswanba751/
Keibamba751/
Chihwamba7122/
Kebamba6747/
Kewambo675/
Kybamba671/
Kiwombo671/
Civamba671/

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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 Kiswamba
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