Nambenga Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Nambenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 165 | 1:320,858 | 24,292 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Nambenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nambenga is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,218,745th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambenga reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mtwara Region, where 99 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nambena | 93 | 98 | / |
| Nambinga | 88 | 2,624 | / |
| Ngambena | 88 | 57 | / |
| Nombenga | 88 | 30 | / |
| Namwenga | 88 | 18 | / |
| Nambenge | 88 | 5 | / |
| Namuenga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nambengi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nambionga | 82 | 36 | / |
| Namuhenga | 82 | 6 | / |
| Ngombenga | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nambengou | 82 | 2 | / |
| N'Gambena | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nambengho | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nambina | 80 | 54 | / |
| Namwnga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namwinga | 75 | 11,674 | / |
| Ngambina | 75 | 34 | / |
| Namwengo | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nganbena | 75 | 3 | / |
| Namuinga | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nembinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nombenge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngombena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nambingo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nambaina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nombengo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngombengo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nambgo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngambaina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nasimbina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambingui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambienou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namwinnga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanvena | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nambino | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngambgo | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Nambenga
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