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
Yambwa is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yambwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yambwa is the 573,706th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yambwa are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Yambwa is also the 642,605th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 199 people.
The last name Yambwa is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 41,276. In Zambia Yambwa is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 84 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside and Southern Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Zambia Yambwa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
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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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