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 held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Choombe.
How Common Is The Last Name Choombe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 238,807th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,342,995 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Choombe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 33 people.
The surname Choombe is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,677 people, or 1 in 9,451. In Zambia it 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. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs 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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