Nakamba Surname

30,263rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nakamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia17,2491:919123
DR Congo1571:470,57138,110
Niger911:210,9017,017
Nigeria721:2,460,31681,464
Tanzania161:3,308,85150,463
Benin151:689,04039,432
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
England31:18,572,686338,250
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nakamba (202) may also be a first name.

Nakamba Last Name Facts

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

Nakamba has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nakamba is the 30,263rd most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 412,916 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakamba live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 637,340th most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 202 people.

This last name is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 17,249 people, or 1 in 919. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Muchinga Province, where 56 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent reside. Beside Zambia this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Nakamba
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