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) is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 96,971st most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,487,558 people. The last name 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. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 69 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 4,188 people, or 1 in 3,785. In Zambia Nambaya is most prevalent in: Muchinga Province, where 41 percent live, Northern Province, where 31 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Zambia Nambaya occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs 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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