Walamba Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Walamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 141 | 1:112,411 | 8,739 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Walamba (34) may also be a first name.
Walamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walamba (Marathi: वालंबा) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Walamba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Walamba is the 1,098,270th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Walamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Walamba are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 34 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 112,411. In Zambia Walamba is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 50 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent live and Eastern Province, where 18 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walamba in the Marathi language | ||
| वालंबा | valamba | - |
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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 Walamba
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