Zambu Surname
Approximately 1,109 people bear this surname
Zambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 486 | 1:31,766 | 4,907 |
| Tanzania | 324 | 1:163,400 | 14,541 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zambu (127) may also be a first name.
Zambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zambu (Marathi: झांबु, Russian: Замбу) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zambu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 333,223rd most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,571,277 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Zambu reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 127 people.
The last name Zambu is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 486 people, or 1 in 31,766. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 52 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 27 percent reside and Harare Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 29 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zambu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zambu in the Marathi language | ||
| झांबु | jhambu | 43.84 |
| झांबू | jhambu | 20.55 |
| झंबु | jhambu | 20.55 |
| झंबू | jhambu | 15.07 |
| Zambu in the Russian language | ||
| Замбу | zambu | - |
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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 Zambu
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