Misambo Surname
Approximately 1,116 people bear this surname
Misambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 876 | 1:84,337 | 9,678 |
| Tanzania | 233 | 1:227,217 | 18,851 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Misambo (1,047) may also be a first name.
Misambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Misambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Misambo occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Misambo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 331,528th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,530,059 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Misambo live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 247,516th most numerous forename on earth, held by 1,047 people.
The last name Misambo is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 876 people, or 1 in 84,337. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 21 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Misambo
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