Tambwa Surname

570,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 553 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tambwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tambwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4791:154,23716,059
Zimbabwe561:275,68328,626
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Tambwa (50) may also be a first name.

Tambwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tambwa is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tambwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Tambwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 570,540th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 13,178,202 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tambwa reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tambwa is also the 1,412,538th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 50 people.

The last name Tambwa is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 479 people, or 1 in 154,237. Without taking into account The DR Congo it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tambwad9211/
Thambwa929/
Tambway924/
Tambwe8366,424/
Tambua831,037/
Tembwa83716/
Tombwa83206/
Tambwi8314/
Tampwa835/
Tambwé833/
Tambba832/
Tanbwa831/
Tambwo831/
Thambwe77999/
Tombwua7711/
Teambwe774/
Tambuay773/
Taembua772/
Thembwa772/
Tambwes771/
Tambbay771/
Tambwwe771/
Tambuha771/
Tambbah771/
Tambwoh771/
Tambwey771/
Taimbua771/
Thampwat7133/
Thammbwe711/
Tambuayi711/
Tampwo671,870/
Tambue671,186/
Tembua671,152/
Tombwe67320/
Tambui67104/
Tambve6781/
Tanbua6735/
Tanbwe6735/
Tampwe6734/
Tambuo6725/
Tambbi6717/
Tombua6712/
Tambbe676/
Tampua674/
Tembwo672/
Témbua671/
Tanbwi671/
Tombwo671/
Tompwa671/

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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 Tambwa
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