Ndwamba Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ndwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndwamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe661:233,91325,760
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ndwamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndwamba occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndwamba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,255,512th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Ndwamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndwamba are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 233,913. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 48 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 27 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe Ndwamba exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndwambi861,074/
Ndwambe8672/
Ntwamba861/
Nduamba861/
Nndwambi80523/
Ndwammbi80277/
Ndwammbe803/
Nndwammbi75442/
Ntuamba7134/
Ntwambi711/
Ntwambe711/
Nduambe711/
Ndwahatembi674/
Nndwanbi671/
Nduamboh671/
Nduatembi634/
Ntwahambi631/
Nduhatembi594/
Ntuambe5727/
Ntuemba574/
Nduombi571/
Nduahatembi5696/
Ntwammpi533/
Nduembou531/
Nduomboh531/

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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
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  • 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 Ndwamba
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