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
The last name Nambeya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nambeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nambeya is the 84,196th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,269,386 people. The last name Nambeya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambeya live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held 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. Aside from Zambia Nambeya exists in 12 countries. It is also common 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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