Nkwamba Surname

608,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 509 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Botswana

Nkwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2111:250,90820,278
South Africa2091:259,22326,097
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Zambia421:377,37919,273
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkwamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkwamba is found most in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwamba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 608,234th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,317,379 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwamba live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 250,908. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 41 percent live and Botswana, where 9 percent live.

Nkwamba Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwamba earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.94% less than the national average, earning R 185,508 per year.

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Nkwombo7168/
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Nkwanbi713/
Nkwombi711/
Nkuemba711/
Nkuambo711/
Nkwembou6710/
Nkwainbi678/
Ngwaimbo673/
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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 Nkwamba
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