Rambwa Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Rambwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rambwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827

Rambwa Last Name Facts

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

Rambwa is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rambwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rambwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rambwa is the 2,414,640th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Rambwa are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Rambwa is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,231,311. In South Africa Rambwa is most common in: Limpopo, where 77 percent reside, Gauteng, where 20 percent reside and Western Cape, where 2 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.

Rambwa Last Name Statistics demography

Rambwa earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 192.04% more than the national average, earning R 694,008 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rammbwa92159/
Rambwi83208/
Rambua83188/
Rambwe83175/
Rombwa8315/
Rambva831/
Rambba831/
Ruombwa7717/
Rambuad776/
Rambuae775/
Raimbua772/
Ranbwaz771/
Rambhbai7113/
Rompwa67262/
Rombua6737/
Rambue6731/
Rambui6724/
Ranbua675/
Rampua672/
Rambuis622/
Ramvuha621/
Rambuoch571/
Rombue509/
Ranbby501/
Rombui501/

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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 Rambwa
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