Ndambele Surname
Approximately 823 people bear this surname
Ndambele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 644 | 1:32,250 | 4,345 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ndambele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ndambele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ndambele occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ndambele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ndambele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 421,345th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,854,855 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndambele live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 644 people, or 1 in 32,250. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 95 percent live, Centre Region, where 4 percent live and South Region, where 0 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ndombele | 88 | 7,528 | / |
| Ndambile | 88 | 478 | / |
| Ndembele | 88 | 385 | / |
| Ndambela | 88 | 120 | / |
| Ndambale | 88 | 114 | / |
| Ndambole | 88 | 49 | / |
| Ndambeli | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ndamuele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ndamvele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ndoumbele | 82 | 103 | / |
| Ndombelet | 82 | 9 | / |
| N'Dombele | 82 | 2 | / |
| Ndembelea | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ndahambela | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ndombela | 75 | 291 | / |
| Ndombale | 75 | 62 | / |
| Ndambila | 75 | 56 | / |
| Ndambali | 75 | 37 | / |
| Ndonbele | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ndembeli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ndembole | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ndombeli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ndamboly | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ndaumbili | 71 | 24 | / |
| Ndambilio | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ndeambali | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ndoimbela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndoumbole | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Dombela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndombali | 63 | 1,786 | / |
| Ndomboli | 63 | 1,137 | / |
| Ndombila | 63 | 62 | / |
| Ndombili | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ndamwila | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ndoombali | 59 | 21 | / |
| Ndoumbalai | 56 | 1 | / |
| Ndonvela | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Ndambele
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