Nsalamba Surname

335,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,099 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nsalamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsalamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,0421:50,8085,644
Zambia521:304,80617,055
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nsalamba Last Name Facts

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

Nsalamba is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nsalamba.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsalamba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 335,587th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 6,631,070 people. The surname Nsalamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsalamba live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Nsalamba is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,042 people, or 1 in 50,808. In Tanzania Nsalamba is primarily found in: Tabora Region, where 30 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 29 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 21 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Nsalamba
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