Ndambwe Surname

230,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,751 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ndambwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndambwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,4161:37,3884,319
DR Congo2801:263,85624,810
Cameroon501:415,38135,427
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ndambwe (117) may also be a first name.

Ndambwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ndambwe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ndambwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndambwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 230,964th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,161,934 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndambwe live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 117 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,416 people, or 1 in 37,388. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Pwani Region, where 69 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Ndambwe occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndambwa86471/
Ndembwe86122/
Ndambwi861/
Ndanbwe861/
Ndaumbw861/
Ndombwe861/
Ndaumbwa80228/
Ndamboue8011/
Ndembue715/
Ndambui711/
Ndonbwe711/
Ndembwi711/
Ndombwa711/
Ndomboue671/
Ndoumboue631/

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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 Ndambwe
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