Akwisombe Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Akwisombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akwisombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania761:696,60040,185
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akwisombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akwisombe is most common in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akwisombe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Akwisombe is the 2,136,387th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Akwisombe reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 696,600. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 91 percent live, Iringa Region, where 5 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania Akwisombe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akasombe821/
Ikwasombe781/
Aksambe751/
Akasambe71213/
Yaksambe7178/
Akosomba7133/
Akosombo714/
Aiksumbe713/
Akasomba712/
Yaksimbe711/
Akosombi711/
Akisamba711/
Akwasemba6741/
Yakasomba674/
Akwasembi671/
Agwasomba671/
Igwasombe671/
Akasambhe671/
Akweazombi631/

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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 Akwisombe
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