Muyambwa Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Muyambwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 126 | 1:122,526 | 16,470 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Muyambwa (32) may also be a first name.
Muyambwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muyambwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muyambwa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Muyambwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muyambwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,441,361st most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. Muyambwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muyambwa reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Muyambwa is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 122,526. In Zimbabwe Muyambwa is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 82 percent reside, Harare Province, where 17 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muyimbwa | 88 | 1,276 | / |
| Muyambwe | 88 | 47 | / |
| Mujambwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Muyombwa | 88 | 3 | / |
| Miyambwa | 88 | 3 | / |
| Muyambwi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muyambua | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mayambwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Maimbwa | 80 | 80 | / |
| Maumbwa | 80 | 60 | / |
| Moumbwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Myembwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muimbwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maembwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muyombwe | 75 | 268 | / |
| Muyembwe | 75 | 28 | / |
| Mayambwe | 75 | 22 | / |
| Muyamvua | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mayumbwa | 75 | 20 | / |
| Mayambua | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mujembwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mayamvwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mayombwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mujimbwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muyinbwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muyimbua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muyanbua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mujambwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Majombwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Majambwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muisimbwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maumbwe | 67 | 92 | / |
| Maimbwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Muimbwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Myembwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moimbwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muembwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maymbwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Muyambwa
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