Kumbaya Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Kumbaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kumbaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumbaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kumbaya (Russian: Кумбая) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumbaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 891,661st most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. Kumbaya is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Kumbaya reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kumbaya is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Besides Malawi this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kumbaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kumbaya in the Russian language | ||
| Кумбая | kumbaa | - |
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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 Kumbaya
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