Yambwa Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Yambwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yambwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3841:41,2764,054
Namibia1071:22,5183,805
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

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 is found most frequently in Zambia. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yambwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 573,706th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yambwa live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Yambwa is also the 642,605th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 199 people.

It is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 41,276. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 84 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside and Southern Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Zambia Yambwa is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jambwa831,404/
Yambwi8375/
Yambwe8342/
Yambua8316/
Yampwa835/
Yombwa832/
Yambuat771/
Yambuhau715/
Yombwe674,918/
Yamvua67616/
Yambui67542/
Iambua67224/
Jambwi6713/
Jambua676/
Jambwe672/
Eambua671/
Yanbua671/
Jombwa671/

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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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