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 surname Dhombo is most common in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhombo? popularity and diffusion
Dhombo is the 576,965th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. Dhombo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dhombo are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 30,153. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 29 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent reside and Harare Province, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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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