Lwambe Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Lwambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
Lwambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lwambe has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwambe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwambe live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 757,048. In Kenya Lwambe is most numerous in: Homa Bay County, where 84 percent live, Migori County, where 15 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Zambia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwamba | 83 | 36,212 | / |
| Lwembe | 83 | 10,672 | / |
| Lwambi | 83 | 2,748 | / |
| Luambe | 83 | 40 | / |
| Lwamby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lwombe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lwambay | 77 | 103 | / |
| Llwamba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lwaamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwambai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwembeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwambaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luamba | 67 | 24,310 | / |
| Luembe | 67 | 756 | / |
| Luambi | 67 | 130 | / |
| Luombe | 67 | 101 | / |
| Lwembi | 67 | 55 | / |
| Lwanba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lwanbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luamby | 67 | 0 | / |
| Luanmba | 62 | 2 | / |
| Luambay | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luhambi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luembi | 50 | 34 | / |
| Luomba | 50 | 33 | / |
| Luanba | 50 | 10 | / |
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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 Lwambe
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