Nthambo Surname
Approximately 690 people bear this surname
Nthambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nthambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nthambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nthambo is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nthambo.
How Common Is The Last Name Nthambo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 482,629th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,561,661 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nthambo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 654 people, or 1 in 26,176. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ntambo | 92 | 15,799 | / |
| Nthamba | 86 | 437 | / |
| Nthombo | 86 | 24 | / |
| Ntambou | 86 | 14 | / |
| Nthembo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nntambo | 86 | 2 | / |
| N'Tambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ntaambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ntahamba | 80 | 130 | / |
| Ntamba | 77 | 12,490 | / |
| Ntombo | 77 | 3,923 | / |
| Ntembo | 77 | 1,173 | / |
| Ntanbo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nthomboth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nthemba | 71 | 433 | / |
| N'Tombo | 71 | 130 | / |
| Ntombou | 71 | 36 | / |
| Ntemboh | 71 | 27 | / |
| Nthomba | 71 | 5 | / |
| N'Tamba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ntoumbo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ntaumba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nteumbo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ntembou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntatmba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntamwho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntambat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntoumbou | 67 | 719 | / |
| Ntasimba | 67 | 150 | / |
| Nthoumba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nteimbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntonmbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntoumbos | 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
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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 Nthambo
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