Namba Surname
Approximately 9,955 people bear this surname
Namba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2,821 | 1:2,890 | 127 |
| South Africa | 2,111 | 1:25,664 | 3,277 |
| Japan | 906 | 1:141,108 | 7,360 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| United States | 603 | 1:601,093 | 48,934 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Brazil | 413 | 1:518,340 | 19,464 |
| Cameroon | 276 | 1:75,250 | 9,323 |
| Tanzania | 201 | 1:263,391 | 21,014 |
| Uganda | 166 | 1:235,176 | 17,864 |
| Indonesia | 153 | 1:864,374 | 65,003 |
| Zambia | 102 | 1:155,391 | 11,047 |
| Ivory Coast | 90 | 1:256,347 | 10,121 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| Lesotho | 34 | 1:59,781 | 8,665 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Namba (5,311) may also be a first name.
Namba Demographics
Namba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namba (Hindi: नम्बा, Marathi: नंबा, Russian: Намба, Tibetan: སྣམ་བཱ་) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 51,495th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 732,049 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Namba are found; 29 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 28 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Namba is also the 92,631st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 5,311 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2,821 people, or 1 in 2,890. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 52 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 11 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in 54 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent are found and Japan, where 9 percent are found.
Namba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Namba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Namba last name expanded 60,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Namba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Namba surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Namba are 14.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 67.97% being registered with the political party.
The amount Namba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.3% less than the national average, earning R 134,748 per year; in United States they earn 27.02% more than the national average, earning $54,807 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.43% more than the national average, earning $73,248 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namba in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྣམ་བཱ་ | namba | - |
| Namba in the Marathi language | ||
| नंबा | namba | 96.23 |
| िनबा | inaba | 3.77 |
| Namba in the Hindi language | ||
| नम्बा | namba | 83.33 |
| नम्ब | namba | 16.67 |
| Namba in the Russian language | ||
| Намба | namba | - |
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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 Namba
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