Kwambu Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Kwambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Kwambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwambu is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwambu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwambu is the 2,047,559th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Kwambu is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kwambu are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 3,889,682. In Indonesia Kwambu is most prevalent in: Papua, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwambu | 92 | 21 | / |
| Kwambuh | 92 | 17 | / |
| Kwambuha | 86 | 6 | / |
| Nkwambui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkwambuh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kuambu | 83 | 273 | / |
| Gwambu | 83 | 187 | / |
| Kwembu | 83 | 12 | / |
| Kwanbu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kwembou | 77 | 59 | / |
| Kwombou | 77 | 20 | / |
| Nkuambu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nkwombu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kwanbut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwombuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ncwambu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwambuha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwambou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gbambu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Guambu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuamvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwombu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbambau | 62 | 13 | / |
| Kuembou | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kuombuh | 62 | 2 | / |
| Quambus | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gbambou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gbambui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Quambush | 57 | 2 | / |
| Gueambou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nkwonbeu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngwanbou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Guambusch | 53 | 0 | / |
| Gwanvu | 50 | 8 | / |
| Cuembu | 50 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kwambu
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