Nihamba Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Nihamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 656 | 1:80,704 | 8,286 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nihamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nihamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nihamba occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nihamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 500,196th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nihamba are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Nihamba is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 656 people, or 1 in 80,704. In Tanzania Nihamba is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 98 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 1 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nihamba
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