Kwiyamba Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kwiyamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwiyamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania121:4,411,80154,433
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Kwiyamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwiyamba is found most in Tanzania. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwiyamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Kwiyamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kwiyamba are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Kwiyamba is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 75 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 8 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kweyamba883,327/
Kuiyamba88109/
Kwayamba8850/
Kwaumba807/
Kwaemba801/
Kwayumba75162/
Kweyemba7523/
Kwahumba756/
Kweyanba752/
Kweyambe751/
Kwayimba751/
Kuayamba751/
Kweyimba751/
Kweyambi751/
Nkwayimba712/
Khwayimba711/
Kweambi674/
Gweimba671/

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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 Kwiyamba
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