Zamba Surname
Approximately 14,063 people bear this surname
Zamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 5,916 | 1:4,562 | 660 |
| DR Congo | 3,735 | 1:19,780 | 2,497 |
| Zimbabwe | 819 | 1:18,850 | 2,799 |
| Cameroon | 578 | 1:35,933 | 4,842 |
| Benin | 527 | 1:19,612 | 2,627 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Tanzania | 226 | 1:234,255 | 19,221 |
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| United States | 160 | 1:2,265,368 | 141,469 |
| Mongolia | 129 | 1:21,901 | 2,442 |
| France | 97 | 1:684,770 | 87,242 |
| Turkey | 87 | 1:894,499 | 42,184 |
| Uganda | 74 | 1:527,558 | 29,544 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| Slovakia | 68 | 1:78,477 | 15,212 |
| Cyprus | 63 | 1:14,046 | 1,615 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Zambia | 39 | 1:406,408 | 20,045 |
| Burkina Faso | 38 | 1:482,950 | 6,794 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Congo | 15 | 1:332,606 | 9,246 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 7 | 1:25,346 | 1,305 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
The alternate forms: Zámba (48), Žamba (12) & Zambá (4) are calculated separately.
Zamba (3,023) may also be a first name.
Zamba Demographics
Average Zamba Salary in
United States
$48,110 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zamba (Arabic: زامبا, Russian: Замба, Tibetan: ཟམ་བྷ་) is found most in Angola. It may also appear as: Zámba, Žamba or Zambá. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 37,435th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 518,207 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Zamba reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 42 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 131,513th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,023 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Angola, where it is held by 5,916 people, or 1 in 4,562. Barring Angola this last name exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
Zamba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zamba has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Zamba last name rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Zamba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zamba surname are 35.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 88.24% being registered with the party.
The amount Zamba earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 54.31% less than the national average, earning €13,722 per year; in South Africa they earn 72.98% less than the national average, earning R 64,212 per year; in United States they earn 11.5% more than the national average, earning $48,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.69% less than the national average, earning $48,347 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zamba in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཟམ་བྷ་ | zambha | - |
| Zamba in the Russian language | ||
| Замба | zamba | - |
| Zamba in the Arabic language | ||
| زامبا | zamba | - |
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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 Zamba
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