Mwaamba Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Mwaamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 235 | 1:67,446 | 5,952 |
| Zimbabwe | 145 | 1:106,471 | 14,772 |
| Namibia | 27 | 1:89,237 | 8,105 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mwaamba (123) may also be a first name.
Mwaamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwaamba is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwaamba is the 716,247th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. Mwaamba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaamba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 123 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 67,446. In Zambia it is most common in: Southern Province, where 68 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 14 percent are found. Besides Zambia Mwaamba occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent are found and Namibia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwahamba | 93 | 23 | / |
| Mwamba | 92 | 369,694 | / |
| Mwambay | 86 | 3,740 | / |
| Mwambai | 86 | 290 | / |
| Mwaambi | 86 | 77 | / |
| Mwaimba | 86 | 69 | / |
| Mwambaj | 86 | 21 | / |
| Mwamboa | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mwaumba | 86 | 10 | / |
| Mwambaa | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mwammba | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mwamb'a | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwaambo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwaymba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwaemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwambea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwambau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwanmba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwambaja | 80 | 275 | / |
| Mwatimba | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mwambuha | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mwambass | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mwaumbea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muahamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Mwamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muamba | 77 | 109,128 | / |
| Mbamba | 77 | 18,648 | / |
| Mwambi | 77 | 6,702 | / |
| Mwambe | 77 | 5,843 | / |
| Mwemba | 77 | 4,376 | / |
| Mwambo | 77 | 2,758 | / |
| Mvamba | 77 | 1,162 | / |
| Mwomba | 77 | 470 | / |
| Mwanba | 77 | 382 | / |
| Mwamby | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwaisemba | 75 | 1,548 | / |
| Mwaisimba | 75 | 183 | / |
| Mweemba | 71 | 66,606 | / |
| Mwambui | 71 | 1,177 | / |
| Muambay | 71 | 111 | / |
| Mwambuo | 71 | 94 | / |
| Mwambuy | 71 | 75 | / |
| Mbambai | 71 | 28 | / |
| M'Bamba | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mbhamba | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mbambau | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mwaumbe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mmbamba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mbambay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwaimbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwamboi | 71 | 2 | / |
| M'Wemba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muambaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muamnba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanmbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwoemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwembai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanbai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mmwambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbaambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbambha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambije | 67 | 1,546 | / |
| Mwasembe | 67 | 294 | / |
| Mwatembo | 67 | 201 | / |
| Mwasembo | 67 | 128 | / |
| Mwatembe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mwatimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muambaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbamba'a | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muahambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweembaa | 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
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- 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 Mwaamba
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