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 last name Kumbewe is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumbewe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 978,274th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. Kumbewe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumbewe reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
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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