Mwambobe Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwambobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwambobe 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
Tanzania811:653,60039,027
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Mwambobe Last Name Facts

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

Mwambobe is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwambobe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,034,059th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Mwambobe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambobe are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 653,600. In Tanzania Mwambobe is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Iringa Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 5 percent live.

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
Mwambowe8810/
Mwambove887/
Mwambebe884/
Mwambobi881/
Mwambuba7566/
Mwambaba7564/
Mwambawe754/
Mwambawa636/
Mwambava631/
Muambaba631/
Muambabi631/
Mvanbaba501/
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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 Mwambobe
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