Kumbewe Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Kumbewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kumbewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumbewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kumbewe occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumbewe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kumbewe is the 978,274th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumbewe are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Kumbewe is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbewe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kumbeaw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kumbawe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kumbeve | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kumbeeva | 80 | 9 | / |
| Khumbawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kumbiw | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kumbewaha | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kimbowe | 71 | 89 | / |
| Kumbiwa | 71 | 16 | / |
| Kombiwe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kombewa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kimbeve | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumuebe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumbove | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumbowi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumbawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khumbiwa | 67 | 157 | / |
| Kuembove | 67 | 61 | / |
| Kombeeva | 67 | 49 | / |
| Kumbieva | 67 | 48 | / |
| Khombiwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kombeawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Koumbebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kumboveh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kombeveh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kimbujwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khombewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keumbiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kunbowei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kombewaha | 63 | 23 | / |
| Kombiwa | 57 | 32 | / |
| Kimbive | 57 | 16 | / |
| Kumueva | 57 | 12 | / |
| Kimbhave | 53 | 2 | / |
| Kombieva | 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 Kumbewe
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