Ntambe Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ntambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1141:405,08722,588
Zambia211:754,75827,278
Senegal171:857,6082,905
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Ntambe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ntambe is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ntambe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntambe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,252,959th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Ntambe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntambe live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Ntambe is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 405,087. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Migori County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Ntambe exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 11 percent are found and Senegal, where 9 percent are found.

Ntambe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntambie9223/
Nthambe927/
Ntambee924/
N'Tambe921/
Ntamba8312,490/
Ntambi8310,747/
Ntombe831,425/
Ntembe831,270/
Ntamwe8327/
Ntanbe831/
Ntamue831/
Nthambi774,723/
Nthamba77437/
Ntoumbe7797/
Ntombie7738/
Ntembey7728/
N'Tambi7710/
N'Tamba775/
Ntaambi772/
Ntaumba772/
Nthombe772/
Nthembe771/
N'Tembe771/
Ntuimbe771/
Ntoembe771/
Ntembeh771/
Nteimbe771/
Ntambit771/
Ntambih771/
Ntasimwe7156/
Nthambii714/
Ntotimbe711/
Ntehmbeh711/
Ntembi67968/
Ntomba67732/
Ntombi67539/
Ntamwa675/
Ntanba674/
Ntemby673/
Ntomby672/

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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 Ntambe
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