Nyambabe Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyambabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyambabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4191:126,35211,892
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Nyambabe (98) may also be a first name.

Nyambabe Last Name Facts

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

Nyambabe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyambabe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 699,651st most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. The last name Nyambabe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyambabe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 98 people.

The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 126,352. In Tanzania Nyambabe is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 96 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 0 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyambabi8894/
Nyambaba8872/
Nyambawe881/
Nyambawa75114/
Nyamboba758/
Nyamwaba754/
Nyambava753/
Nyambowe751/
Nyamuoba751/
Nhamuave6369/
Nyamvava634/
Nyomwaba631/
Nyamwawa631/
Gnanbobe631/
Nhamuhave5937/
Nyawawa5319/
Nyonwabi5031/

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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 Nyambabe
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