Rubamba Surname

509,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 642 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Rubamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rubamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5521:95,9099,535
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rubamba (28) may also be a first name.

Rubamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rubamba is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Rubamba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rubamba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 509,669th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. The last name Rubamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Rubamba are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Rubamba is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 28 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 552 people, or 1 in 95,909. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 81 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 17 percent are found and Mara Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruibamba9343/
Ruebamba9330/
Rubatemba8820/
Rubahamba8811/
Rubambo8682/
Ribamba8637/
Robamba8622/
Rubambe867/
Ruwamba865/
Ruvamba863/
Rubamwa861/
Ruiwamba801/
Ruywamba801/
Rubambey801/
Roouamba801/
Rouwamba801/
Rubombo7131/
Ruvambo7124/
Ruvambe7123/
Ruwomba7113/
Ribomba714/
Rowamba712/
Ribambo711/
Ribanba711/
Rubhommbe631/
Ribombo57726/
Ruvombo5744/
Ruwombo577/
Rumpombo5375/
Rhibombo533/
Ribhombo532/
Ribomboo531/
Rubomuoz531/
Rhibhombo501/

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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 Rubamba
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