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
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Zamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zamba (Arabic: زامبا, Russian: Замба, Tibetan: ཟམ་བྷ་) occurs more in Angola more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Zámba, Žamba or Zambá. For other possible spellings of Zamba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamba? popularity and diffusion
Zamba is the 37,435th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 518,207 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Zamba are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 42 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Zamba is also the 131,513th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 3,023 people.
This surname is most common in Angola, where it is held by 5,916 people, or 1 in 4,562. Barring Angola Zamba occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.
Zamba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zamba has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Zamba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Zamba are 35.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.24% being registered to vote for 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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