Mghamba Surname

265,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mghamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mghamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,4711:35,9904,205
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mghamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mghamba occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mghamba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 265,540th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,947,417 people. The surname Mghamba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mghamba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,471 people, or 1 in 35,990. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 47 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live and Singida Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mghambaa931/
Mgamba921,648/
Mghambi86250/
Mngamba864/
M'Ghambass821/
Mingamba80417/
Mng'amba80410/
Mgomba774,070/
Mgambo77524/
Mgambi77265/
Mgambe77218/
Mgemba773/
Mingambai7537/
Minghambo751/
Mngambi711,029/
Mngomba71397/
M'Gomba71157/
Mngambo712/
Mngambe712/
Mgonmba711/
Mng'omba67515/
Mingomba67209/
Mingambo6748/
M'Ngomba674/
Mengambi671/
Mengambe671/
Mingambi671/
Mng'ambe671/

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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 Mghamba
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