Nambaya Surname
Approximately 4,899 people bear this surname
Nambaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 4,188 | 1:3,785 | 466 |
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| Uganda | 99 | 1:394,336 | 24,810 |
| Tanzania | 98 | 1:540,221 | 34,788 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nambaya (69) may also be a first name.
Nambaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nambaya (Marathi: नंबया) occurs most in Zambia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 96,971st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,487,558 people. The surname Nambaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambaya are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nambaya is also the 1,171,416th most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 69 people.
The last name Nambaya is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 4,188 people, or 1 in 3,785. In Zambia Nambaya is most common in: Muchinga Province, where 41 percent live, Northern Province, where 31 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 9 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nambaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nambaya in the Marathi language | ||
| नंबया | nambaya | 83.33 |
| नारायण | narayana | 16.67 |
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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 Nambaya
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