Makambo Surname

19,060th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,848 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Makambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo28,3621:2,605275
Congo1771:28,1872,969
Kenya861:536,97626,431
Zambia591:268,64315,815
Uganda361:1,084,42445,587
Cameroon321:649,03348,340
Tanzania281:1,890,77247,703
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
France161:4,151,420237,746
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Makambo (2,731) may also be a first name.

Makambo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makambo (Arabic: ماكامبو) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makambo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 19,060th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 252,619 people. Makambo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makambo reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Makambo is also the 139,937th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,731 people.

The surname Makambo is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 28,362 people, or 1 in 2,605. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Makambo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Makambo surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Makambo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Makambo in the Arabic language
ماكامبوmakambw-

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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 Makambo
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