Nambua Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nambua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nambua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Zambia221:720,45126,729
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nambua (229) may also be a first name.

Nambua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nambua (Oriya: ନୁଆ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nambua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,198,640th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Nambua reside; 48 percent reside in Central Africa and 48 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nambua is also the 593,349th most common first name on earth It is held by 229 people.

The last name Nambua is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Barring The DR Congo Nambua occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 16 percent are found and Angola, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngambua92164/
Nambuha9213/
Nambuat926/
Nambuah923/
Naembua922/
Nambwa83665/
Nambuo83374/
Namfua83191/
Nombua8393/
Namvua837/
Nampua833/
Nanbua831/
Ngombua771,070/
Nambwai772/
Ngambuo772/
Naumbwa771/
Nnambuo771/
Ngambva771/
Ngamvua771/
Ngampua771/
Naimbwa771/
Natimbwa7120/
N'Gambwa713/
Ngambvuo711/
Nasembwa711/
Natembwa711/
Naismbwa711/
Nampwa6750/
Nempua675/
Nonbua674/
Naasimbwa672/
Nanfua672/
Nattembwa671/
Nasimbwwa671/
Nassembwa671/
Nambwajje671/
Nombwa671/
Nnasimbwa671/

Nambua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nambua in the Oriya language
ନୁଆnu'a-

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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
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  • 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 Nambua
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