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 more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nambeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nambeya is the 84,196th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,269,386 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 widely held first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 4,928 people, or 1 in 3,216. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 57 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Zambia it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
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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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