Lumbwa Surname
Approximately 1,542 people bear this surname
Lumbwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,079 | 1:14,689 | 1,678 |
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Lumbwa (181) may also be a first name.
Lumbwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lumbwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lumbwa occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lumbwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 255,797th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,726,035 people. The last name Lumbwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lumbwa are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lumbwa is also the 677,199th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 181 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,079 people, or 1 in 14,689. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Luapula Province, where 41 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent live and Central Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leumbwa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Lumbwea | 92 | 1 | / |
| Luumbwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lutembwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lumbwe | 83 | 35,165 | / |
| Lombwa | 83 | 680 | / |
| Limbwa | 83 | 109 | / |
| Lumbua | 83 | 32 | / |
| Lumpwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lumbwey | 77 | 21 | / |
| Lumbwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lumpway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loumbwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Llumbwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lusembwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lumbue | 67 | 419 | / |
| Lompwa | 67 | 183 | / |
| Lombua | 67 | 94 | / |
| Lombwe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Lunbwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Limbua | 67 | 15 | / |
| Limpwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lumbuo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lumbui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lumpwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lombuah | 62 | 6 | / |
| Leumboue | 57 | 1 | / |
| Luchembve | 53 | 1 | / |
| Lonbua | 50 | 30 | / |
| Lompua | 50 | 4 | / |
| Limbuo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Lumpui | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lunvwe | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lompwe | 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 Lumbwa
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