Kiwambe Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Kiwambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kiwambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwambe is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwambe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kiwambe is the 961,438th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Kiwambe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwambe reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Other than Malawi it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwamba | 86 | 613 | / |
| Kivambe | 86 | 551 | / |
| Kiwembe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kiwombe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiwambi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chiwambe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kyowambe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kiswambi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kivamba | 71 | 3,285 | / |
| Kivembe | 71 | 103 | / |
| Kiwomba | 71 | 42 | / |
| Kuwambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kybambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiwombojje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kewamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kibambé | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kibanbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiwembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chivambe | 67 | 282 | / |
| Chiwombe | 67 | 120 | / |
| Chiwamwe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kewembeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chiwambi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kibambai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gkivamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaibombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kibonbe | 57 | 4 | / |
| Kebambi | 57 | 2 | / |
| Kivombi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kibomwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chivambi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Civanbey | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kibonmbi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kewoumbi | 53 | 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
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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 Kiwambe
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