Bukombe Surname
Approximately 2,455 people bear this surname
Bukombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,316 | 1:22,859 | 2,822 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bukombe (288) may also be a first name.
Bukombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bukombe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukombe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 174,692nd most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,968,450 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukombe live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 520,883rd most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 288 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,316 people, or 1 in 22,859. In Tanzania Bukombe is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 30 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 19 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 18 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Bukombe is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boukombe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bukomber | 93 | 1 | / |
| Boukoumbe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Boukomnbe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bokombe | 86 | 1,599 | / |
| Bukombi | 86 | 1,225 | / |
| Bukomba | 86 | 1,048 | / |
| Bukumbe | 86 | 27 | / |
| Bukambe | 86 | 11 | / |
| Bukembe | 86 | 5 | / |
| Bucombe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Buscombe | 80 | 385 | / |
| Bukhomba | 80 | 33 | / |
| Bhokombe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Bhukombi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buukombi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bukkombi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bukkomba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bukhembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bokommbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boukoumba | 75 | 8 | / |
| Buscomber | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhaukumbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bukumba | 71 | 20,515 | / |
| Bokomba | 71 | 5,113 | / |
| Bokombi | 71 | 2,483 | / |
| Bokumbe | 71 | 1,514 | / |
| Bukumbi | 71 | 755 | / |
| Bukamba | 71 | 169 | / |
| Bukambi | 71 | 53 | / |
| Bokambe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Boukamba | 67 | 257 | / |
| Bokoumba | 67 | 69 | / |
| Bokumbea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bokombay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buccombi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bokombai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bukombe
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