Mkwambo Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mkwambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mkwambo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mkwambo Last Name Facts

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

Mkwambo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkwambo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Mkwambo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwambo reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mkwambo is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkwamba863,297/
Mkwembo865/
Mgwambo861/
Mkwaimba80157/
Mngwambo801/
M'Kwamba801/
Mkhwaimba751/
Mkwemba71664/
Mgwamba7137/
Mqwamba711/
Mngwamba677/
Mgqwamba671/
Mgbaimbo671/
Mgwemba572/
Mquamba572/
Mguamba571/
Mgbamvou534/
Mncwanba534/
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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 Mkwambo
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