Kwilambo Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kwilambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kwilambo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Kwilambo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwilambo occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwilambo? popularity and diffusion

Kwilambo is the 1,537,949th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Kwilambo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwilambo live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Kwilambo is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guilambo7573/
Quilambo7540/
Kwilemba7531/
Kouelambou671/
Guilamba636,181/
Guilombo631,003/
Quilombo63112/
Kuilemba6382/
Kwelemba631/
Quilombó501/
Quilonbo501/
Guilonbo501/
Cwelemba501/
Quelamba501/
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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 Kwilambo
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