Kitambwa Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Kitambwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 160 | 1:330,885 | 24,859 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kitambwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitambwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kitambwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitambwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kitambwa is the 1,235,409th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitambwa live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 330,885. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 94 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 3 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitaimbwa | 94 | 6 | / |
| Kitasimbwa | 89 | 114 | / |
| Kitatimbwa | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kitambwe | 88 | 316 | / |
| Kitembwa | 88 | 27 | / |
| Kitombwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kitaasimbwa | 84 | 2 | / |
| Kittasimbwa | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chitambwa | 82 | 41 | / |
| Kithembwa | 82 | 4 | / |
| Kithambwe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kitambue | 75 | 75 | / |
| Kutambua | 75 | 27 | / |
| Citambua | 75 | 21 | / |
| Kitombwe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kitomfwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ketembwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kutembwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chitambwe | 71 | 365 | / |
| Chitombwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chitambua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chitambwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitonfwa | 63 | 4 | / |
| Chitombwe | 59 | 452 | / |
| Chitomfwa | 59 | 114 | / |
| Chitambvi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chitoombwe | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Kitambwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis