Lwambo Surname
Approximately 4,315 people bear this surname
Lwambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,342 | 1:22,605 | 2,791 |
| DR Congo | 1,402 | 1:52,696 | 6,355 |
| Zambia | 557 | 1:28,456 | 2,963 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Lwambo (1,002) may also be a first name.
Lwambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwambo is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwambo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 107,970th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,688,887 people. The surname Lwambo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwambo live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lwambo is also the 254,172nd most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 1,002 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,342 people, or 1 in 22,605. In Tanzania Lwambo is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live, Pwani Region, where 19 percent live and Geita Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Lwambo exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Zambia, where 13 percent live.
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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 Lwambo
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