Walumbe Surname

160,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,720 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Walumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,9761:23,3702,655
Uganda5751:67,8947,607
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Scotland61:892,30328,047
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Walumbe (371) may also be a first name.

Walumbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walumbe has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Walumbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 160,324th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,679,245 people. Walumbe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Walumbe are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 450,877th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 371 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,976 people, or 1 in 23,370. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 51 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 17 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 percent reside.

Walumbe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Walumbe
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