Nishamba Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Nishamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nishamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nishamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nishamba is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nishamba? popularity and diffusion
Nishamba is the 2,047,559th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nishamba are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisamba | 93 | 22 | / |
| Neshamba | 88 | 781 | / |
| Ngisamba | 88 | 178 | / |
| Naisamba | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nissamba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nishanbay | 82 | 114 | / |
| Ngisambea | 82 | 41 | / |
| Nishanbai | 82 | 3 | / |
| Gnissamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nisambo | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nesamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nisanbai | 75 | 13 | / |
| Nissambi | 75 | 11 | / |
| Ngesamba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Naisemba | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nisanbay | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ngisambe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Naisambi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Naisomba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nyosamba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nizambay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nishanva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nichambe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Neshambe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Niesemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyshanbay | 71 | 319 | / |
| Ngesambea | 71 | 62 | / |
| Noisombat | 71 | 23 | / |
| Nyshanbai | 71 | 21 | / |
| Nisombath | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nishanwaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyssambay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nishanboy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nesemba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nithsombat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nisembo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nishamba
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