Mwamkamba Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Mwamkamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 486 | 1:108,933 | 10,547 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
Mwamkamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamkamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwamkamba is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamkamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwamkamba is the 542,751st most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name Mwamkamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamkamba live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 108,933. In Tanzania Mwamkamba is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 87 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live and Songwe Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwamakamba | 95 | 556 | / |
| Mwamukamba | 95 | 31 | / |
| Mamkamba | 94 | 3 | / |
| Mwamakwamba | 90 | 4 | / |
| Mwamkumba | 89 | 2 | / |
| Mwamakomba | 84 | 9 | / |
| Mamgamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwamgomba | 78 | 123 | / |
| Mwamkumbi | 78 | 91 | / |
| Moamekamb | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mamakomba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mamikambo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mamacomba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwemgamba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mimkamb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwamakombe | 74 | 157 | / |
| Mwamukumbi | 74 | 2 | / |
| Muamukumba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mwamukumbe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mamekouamb | 74 | 1 | / |
| Myamukomba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mamekomb | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mamgambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Momikamb | 71 | 1 | / |
| Miamkomb | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mamkombo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mamkombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mamkhumbi | 67 | 98 | / |
| Mumghamba | 67 | 83 | / |
| Moamekomb | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mwemkumbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwankombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maimakemb | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Mukemba | 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 Mwamkamba
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