Kuambu Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kuambu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuambu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1781:415,05434,837
Papua New Guinea951:85,82911,359

Kuambu (14) may also be a first name.

Kuambu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kuambu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuambu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kuambu is the 956,400th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Kuambu are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kuambu is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name Kuambu is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkuambu924/
Kwambu8384/
Guambu831/
Kuamvu831/
Nkwambu7721/
Kwambuh7717/
Kuombuh772/
Quambus771/
Kwambuha716/
Quambush712/
Gueambou711/
Nkwambui711/
Nkwambuh711/
Gwambu67187/
Gbambu6727/
Kwanbu672/
Guambusch670/
Kwombou6220/
Gbambau6213/
Nkwombu622/
Kwanbut621/
Gbambui621/
Gbambou621/
Kwombuh621/
Ncwambu621/
Ngwambou572/
Nguanbou572/
Gwambuha572/
Cwombu501/
Quacenbush500/

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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 Kuambu
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