Nambeya Surname
Approximately 5,741 people bear this surname
Nambeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 4,928 | 1:3,216 | 403 |
| Uganda | 626 | 1:62,363 | 7,160 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nambeya (21) may also be a first name.
Nambeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nambeya is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,196th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,269,386 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambeya are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name on earth, borne by 21 people.
It is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 4,928 people, or 1 in 3,216. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Northern Province, where 57 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent live. Excluding Zambia Nambeya exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Malawi, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nambeya
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