Dhombo Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Dhombo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 512 | 1:30,153 | 4,632 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Dhombo (13) may also be a first name.
Dhombo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhombo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dhombo is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhombo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 576,965th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dhombo reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 13 people.
It is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 30,153. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent live and Harare Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Dhombo
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