Tandabala Surname

716,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Tandabala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tandabala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3581:44,2744,291
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Tandabala (39) may also be a first name.

Tandabala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tandabala occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tandabala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tandabala is the 716,247th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 17,861,632 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tandabala live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 39 people.

The surname Tandabala is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 358 people, or 1 in 44,274. In Zambia Tandabala is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 39 percent live, Southern Province, where 34 percent live and North-Western Province, where 18 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thandabala951/
Tandabale8939/
Tandawala896/
Tandabela891/
Tandavala891/
Tandoballa8472/
Tondobala787/
Tandavale782/
Tondavala781/
Tandawalo781/
Tondavale6748/
Tondowala6715/
Tondampalli604/
Thondavalli601/

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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 Tandabala
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