Nakamba Surname
Approximately 17,649 people bear this surname
Nakamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 17,249 | 1:919 | 123 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Niger | 91 | 1:210,901 | 7,017 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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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