Kulimbwa Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kulimbwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kulimbwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia431:368,60319,020
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Kulimbwa Last Name Facts

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

Kulimbwa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kulimbwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kulimbwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kulimbwa live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 368,603. In Zambia Kulimbwa is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 63 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 35 percent are found and Western Province, where 2 percent are found. Not including Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuliumbwa9421/
Kulembwa88298/
Kulumbwa88136/
Kilimbwa8875/
Kulimbua8844/
Kaulumbwa826/
Kullembwa821/
Kilumbwa7591/
Kulemvwa7555/
Kilembwa7531/
Kulembua7521/
Kulembwe751/
Kulumbua751/
Kaulumbua714/
Kulemvua6334/
Kilembua639/
Kilumpwa631/
Kolembwe631/
Kilumbua631/
Kuilembue591/

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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 Kulimbwa
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