Madzamba Surname

338,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,086 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Madzamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madzamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,0531:14,6612,039
England101:5,571,806158,774
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iceland21:190,0456,825
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Madzamba (22) may also be a first name.

Madzamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Madzamba is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Madzamba? popularity and diffusion

Madzamba is the 338,735th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,710,447 people. The last name Madzamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Madzamba live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name globally, held by 22 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,053 people, or 1 in 14,661. In Zimbabwe Madzamba is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 24 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mazamba933,728/
Madzambi8845/
Madzambo8832/
Mazhamba8829/
Madzomba8827/
Mazzamba882/
Medzamba881/
Madzanba881/
Mazambai881/
Madzamwa881/
Mauzamba881/
Mazambi804,091/
Mazomba801,845/
Mazemba801,579/
Mazambo80633/
Macamba80591/
Mazambe8083/
Mezamba8043/
Mozamba8024/
Mazanba802/
Mazhomba75278/
Matsamba75140/
Machamba7572/
Moizamba7555/
Madzombo7527/
Mazoumba7520/
Madzombe757/
Mazaumbe756/
Mahzambe751/
Mazhambo751/
Maizambo751/
Mazembea751/
Mozambai751/
Mazammbi751/
Maciamba751/
Matzemba751/
Matshamba71329/
Mazoumbai711/
Macheamba711/
Mathsamba711/
Mazombo671,073/
Mazombe67388/
Mazembo67192/
Mazombi6762/
Macambo6755/
Macomba6740/
Mozemba6734/
Mozambi6710/
Mezomba678/
Mozomba676/
Mocamba675/
Mozambo674/
Mezambo672/
Mazonba671/
Macanba671/
Matzanbach670/

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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 Madzamba
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