Zambo Surname
Approximately 13,985 people bear this surname
Zambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7,313 | 1:2,840 | 334 |
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| DR Congo | 739 | 1:99,972 | 11,221 |
| United States | 660 | 1:549,180 | 45,430 |
| Philippines | 527 | 1:192,103 | 30,549 |
| Botswana | 270 | 1:8,100 | 1,415 |
| Zambia | 224 | 1:70,759 | 6,162 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Zimbabwe | 193 | 1:79,991 | 11,722 |
| Slovakia | 188 | 1:28,385 | 4,892 |
| South Africa | 143 | 1:378,865 | 33,977 |
| Niger | 131 | 1:146,504 | 5,405 |
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| France | 81 | 1:820,034 | 98,127 |
| Austria | 71 | 1:119,936 | 16,774 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| Hungary | 59 | 1:166,378 | 14,685 |
| Serbia | 51 | 1:140,097 | 9,935 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| Namibia | 49 | 1:49,171 | 6,085 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Romania | 13 | 1:1,544,452 | 53,658 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
The alternate forms: Zambó (128), Zámbo (49), Zambò (1), Žambo (1) & Zámbó (3,869) are calculated separately.
Zambo (1,207) may also be a first name.
Zambo Demographics
Average Zambo Salary in
United States
$43,893 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zambo (Russian: Замбо) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms: Zambó, Zámbo, Zambò, Žambo or Zámbó. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zambo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 37,659th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 521,097 people. The last name Zambo is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Zambo are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Zambo is also the 227,976th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,207 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 7,313 people, or 1 in 2,840. In Cameroon Zambo is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 67 percent reside, South Region, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 66 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 18 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Zambo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Zambo surname are 2.18% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.41% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Zambo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.52% less than the national average, earning R 91,452 per year; in United States they earn 1.72% more than the national average, earning $43,893 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.89% less than the national average, earning $47,254 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zambo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zambo in the Russian language | ||
| Замбо | zambo | - |
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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
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- 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 Zambo
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