Ndambwa Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Ndambwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ndambwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3761:196,48819,671
Zambia941:168,61611,729
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ndambwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndambwa occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ndambwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndambwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 643,972nd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. Ndambwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndambwa live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 196,488. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndaumbwa93228/
Ndahumbwa884/
Ndambwe861,751/
Ndambua8662/
Ndembwa8614/
Ndombwa861/
Ndambwi861/
Ndaumbua801/
Ndatmbua801/
Ndombwe711/
Ndombua711/
Ndanbwe711/
Ndambui711/
Ndamboue6711/
Ndoumbba671/
Ndombuo571/
Ndonbwe571/
Ndamvuoh5341/
Ndomboue531/
Ndoumboue501/
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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 Ndambwa
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