Nambera Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nambera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nambera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4441:38,5575,632
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nambera (16) may also be a first name.

Nambera Last Name Facts

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

Nambera is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nambera? popularity and diffusion

It is the 619,831st most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nambera are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.

The last name Nambera is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Barring Malawi Nambera exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Nambera
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