Mnyambo Surname

274,840th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mnyambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mnyambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6581:82,33710,173
Tanzania4701:112,64210,843
Kenya2291:201,65914,674
Zimbabwe551:280,69528,958
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

Mnyambo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mnyambo is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mnyambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mnyambo is the 274,840th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,157,499 people. The surname Mnyambo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mnyambo are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 82,337. In South Africa Mnyambo is most frequent in: Mpumalanga, where 85 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and Western Cape, where 1 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and Kenya, where 16 percent live.

Mnyambo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mnyambo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.89% less than the national average, earning R 100,068 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mnyamboi931/
Mnhambo86414/
Mnyamba86101/
Mnjambo863/
Mnyombo861/
Mnyanbo861/
Mniambo861/
Mnyambeu8067/
Mnhamba71128/
Mnyanba712/
Mnyamwua677/
Mnyawa6217/
Mnjomba574/
Mnyomwa571/

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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 Mnyambo
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