Luhamba Surname

141,785th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zambia

Luhamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Luhamba 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
Tanzania2,2191:23,8582,937
Zambia6871:23,0712,478
DR Congo2331:317,08028,591
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Luhamba (513) may also be a first name.

Luhamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luhamba is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luhamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luhamba is the 141,785th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,319,397 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Luhamba reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 373,244th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 513 people.

This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,219 people, or 1 in 23,858. In Tanzania Luhamba is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 27 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 12 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Luhamba exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.

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
Luhambas931/
Louamba864,952/
Lihamba86191/
Luhambo86144/
Luhomba8634/
Louhomba801/
Luhombo711,181/
Lihomba71173/
Luyomba7146/
Lihambo7127/
Lujomba711/
Louambou671/
Luyombo57681/
Lihombo57225/
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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 Luhamba
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