Dombolo Surname

219,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,865 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Dombolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dombolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola1,7751:15,2051,826
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
France191:3,495,933219,029
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Dombolo (143) may also be a first name.

Dombolo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dombolo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dombolo is held by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dombolo? popularity and diffusion

Dombolo is the 219,336th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,907,531 people. Dombolo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dombolo live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 772,378th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 143 people.

Dombolo is most common in Angola, where it is carried by 1,775 people, or 1 in 15,205. Besides Angola Dombolo occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dombolou931/
Dombola86731/
Donbolo863/
Dombalo863/
Dambolo861/
Doumboulou8231/
Dambolos8011/
Dombolas801/
Dombolla801/
Doumboula753/
Damboulou751/
Dombala711,917/
Dombela71284/
Dambola71122/
Dambelo71117/
Dambalo7117/
Dumbola719/
Danbolo715/
Dembola715/
Dembelo713/
Dombula712/
Dambulo712/
Domvulo711/
Dumbulo711/
D'Ambola6763/
Damboula6754/
Dhambola6719/
Dambulos6719/
Dombalad6710/
Dambalos671/
Domballa671/
Dembeloi671/
Dembeloy671/
Doumbala671/
Doombala671/
Dumbolla671/
Dumbaulo671/
Deembola671/

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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
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  • 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 Dombolo
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