Dhumbu Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Dhumbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 152 | 1:101,567 | 14,271 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dhumbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhumbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dhumbu is found most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhumbu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,415,499th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Dhumbu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dhumbu reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 101,567. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 39 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumbu | 91 | 2,412 | / |
| Dumbut | 83 | 4 | / |
| Dumbau | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dumbou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dumbhu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Duumbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dumbuy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dumbus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dhimbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Doumbou | 77 | 407 | / |
| Dutembu | 77 | 27 | / |
| Deumbou | 77 | 20 | / |
| Doumbui | 77 | 3 | / |
| Doumbeu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dusembu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dhombhu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dumbush | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dimbu | 73 | 4,489 | / |
| Dombu | 73 | 167 | / |
| Dumvu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Dunbu | 73 | 15 | / |
| Doumbouy | 71 | 153 | / |
| Dumbuush | 71 | 4 | / |
| Doumbeuh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dumbauth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dumbauch | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dombou | 67 | 729 | / |
| Dimbau | 67 | 692 | / |
| Dunbut | 67 | 79 | / |
| Dombuu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Diembu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dimbuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dimbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doumbouyz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dunbau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dhumbu
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