Madambo Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Madambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Uganda1141:342,45022,679
Tanzania631:840,34343,483
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Madambo Last Name Facts

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

Madambo is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Madambo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 695,980th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. Madambo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Madambo reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 27 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.

Madambo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Madhambo932/
Maidambo931/
Madambou931/
Madamboi931/
Maidambou8830/
Madamba865,938/
Madembo861,501/
Madombo86158/
Madanbo862/
Madhombo8032/
Madombou8018/
Mademboh809/
Madambat805/
Maddamba804/
Maidamba803/
Modambou801/
Modaambo801/
Madambaa801/
Moudambou751/
Maidanbou751/
Madomba71434/
Mademba71118/
Modamba7195/
Modombo7173/
Madamwa7125/
Modembo7121/
Medamba7110/
Madanba719/
Madanwo717/
Madomwo711/
Medembo711/
Mahadambat711/
Medombou6754/
Modembou6726/
Maidomba6722/
Madoumba677/
Madonbou673/
Madamwad672/
Modeamba671/
Madoomba671/
Madombeu671/
Madembeu671/
Madhemba671/

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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 Madambo
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