Zyambo Surname

74,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,555 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Zyambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zyambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia6,3391:2,500329
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
England121:4,643,172139,951
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Zyambo (32) may also be a first name.

Zyambo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zyambo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zyambo is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zyambo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 74,968th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,111,754 people. The last name Zyambo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zyambo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Zyambo is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 32 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 6,339 people, or 1 in 2,500. In Zambia Zyambo is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 28 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 18 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zeambo83391/
Ziambo83118/
Zyombo8397/
Syambo8362/
Jyambo832/
Zjambo831/
Zyamba831/
Ziambou777/
Dzyamba774/
Syammbo771/
Zayombo771/
Dziambo771/
Shyambo771/
Dzihambo719/
Syoamboo711/
Tziambou711/
Syanbo67397/
Siambo67381/
Zeanbo67191/
Ziamba67152/
Syamba6762/
Seambo6749/
Zianbo6721/
Zeamba677/
Geambo675/
Syamvo673/
Cyamba672/
Zyanba672/
Syombo671/

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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 Zyambo
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