Lwambwa Surname
Approximately 842 people bear this surname
Lwambwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 732 | 1:100,928 | 11,306 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Lwambwa (27) may also be a first name.
Lwambwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwambwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwambwa is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwambwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 413,768th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwambwa reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name internationally, held by 27 people.
The last name Lwambwa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 100,928. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 12 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Lwambwa
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