Watambwa Surname
Approximately 685 people bear this surname
Watambwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 609 | 1:25,350 | 3,860 |
| Zambia | 57 | 1:278,069 | 16,150 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Watambwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watambwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Watambwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watambwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Watambwa is the 485,250th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. The last name Watambwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Watambwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Watambwa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 25,350. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 42 percent live, Harare Province, where 28 percent live and Midlands Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watambowa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wathambwa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Watamba | 93 | 334 | / |
| Watambwe | 88 | 62 | / |
| Watimbwa | 88 | 57 | / |
| Wadambwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Watamaba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Watumbwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wa Tambwe | 82 | 27 | / |
| Watumba | 80 | 630 | / |
| Wadamba | 80 | 332 | / |
| Watomba | 80 | 62 | / |
| Watemba | 80 | 46 | / |
| Watambe | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wotamba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Watambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Watambu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wa Tumba | 75 | 27 | / |
| Watumbua | 75 | 21 | / |
| Wadiamba | 75 | 21 | / |
| Wadambya | 75 | 10 | / |
| Watamabe | 75 | 10 | / |
| Watampao | 75 | 6 | / |
| Waddamba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wetembwa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wadhamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Watamubi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wadimbwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wathambo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wadyembwa | 71 | 87 | / |
| Watewambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waithambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waitwambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waaddimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wadambiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wawtumbwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watumbe | 67 | 408 | / |
| Wodamba | 67 | 325 | / |
| Wadimba | 67 | 184 | / |
| Wadambe | 67 | 120 | / |
| Wademba | 67 | 60 | / |
| Witemba | 67 | 48 | / |
| Wotomba | 67 | 34 | / |
| Watombe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Watimbi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Watembo | 67 | 15 | / |
| Watembu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Watembe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wadomba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wetambo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Watembi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wadumba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wutimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wawathamby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wetemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Witimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Witambi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wadiamb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wadambo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watimbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Batombua | 63 | 34 | / |
| Batombwe | 63 | 21 | / |
| Vatambbe | 63 | 4 | / |
| Batambue | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Watambwa
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