Yambwa Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Yambwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 384 | 1:41,276 | 4,054 |
| Namibia | 107 | 1:22,518 | 3,805 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yambwa (199) may also be a first name.
Yambwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yambwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yambwa has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yambwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 573,706th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yambwa live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 642,605th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 199 people.
The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 41,276. In Zambia Yambwa is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 84 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent live and Southern Province, where 1 percent live. Aside from Zambia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 19 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
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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 Yambwa
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