Choombe Surname
Approximately 1,678 people bear this surname
Choombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,677 | 1:9,451 | 1,115 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Choombe (33) may also be a first name.
Choombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Choombe is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Choombe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 238,807th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,342,995 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Choombe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 33 people.
Choombe is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,677 people, or 1 in 9,451. In Zambia Choombe is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 58 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent are found and Central Province, where 18 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Choombe
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