Mkumba Surname

38,003rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,854 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mkumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania9,9081:5,343706
Malawi3,6341:4,711660
Zimbabwe1751:88,21912,757
Zambia891:178,08912,157
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
England61:9,286,343223,652
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Iceland21:190,0456,825
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mkumba (25) may also be a first name.

Mkumba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mkumba occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkumba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 38,003rd most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 526,025 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkumba reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 25 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 9,908 people, or 1 in 5,343. In Tanzania Mkumba is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 25 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Mkumba Last Name Statistics demography

Mkumba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.85% less than the national average, earning R 90,660 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhumba92617/
Mkaumba92156/
Mkuimba921/
M'Kumba921/
Mkumbah921/
Mqukumba865/
Mkumbach861/
Mkumbo8323,032/
Mkomba832,942/
Mkumbi832,901/
Mkumbe83284/
Mkimba836/
McUmba831/
Mkombau77382/
Mkhumbi77113/
McCumba7713/
Mkhomba7713/
Mkumbui771/
Mkhumbe771/
Mkoumbe771/
Mkomboa771/
Mkkomba771/
Mkhumbeu711/
Mkeumbou711/
Mk'humbi711/
Mkombe673,265/
Mkombo671,534/
Mkimbo67327/
Mkombi6710/
Mkumvi671/
McOmba670/

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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 Mkumba
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