Nambanga Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nambanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nambanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1891:244,33816,806
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nambanga (422) may also be a first name.

Nambanga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nambanga occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nambanga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,048,281st most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambanga are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nambanga is also the 418,267th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 422 people.

Nambanga is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 244,338. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Busia County, where 95 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Nambanga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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
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  • 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 Nambanga
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