Dombu Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Norway

Dombu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dombu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon721:288,45927,220
Norway371:138,98117,684
India241:31,961,058386,265
France91:7,380,302306,885
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Dombu (1,072) may also be a first name.

Dombu Last Name Facts

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

Dombu (Russian: Домбу, Tibetan: དོམ་བུ།) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dombu? popularity and diffusion

Dombu is the 1,338,236th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name Dombu occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Dombu live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Dombu is also the 244,199th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 1,072 people.

Dombu is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 288,459. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 47 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found and West Region, where 14 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 22 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.

Dombu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Dombu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.17% less than the national average, earning 307,413 kr per year and in United States they earn 80.58% more than the national average, earning $77,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dombou91729/
Dombeu91399/
Dombuu9118/
Dombus9114/
Dombut916/
Doimbu911/
Doumbou83407/
Doumbui833/
Dombush833/
Doumbeu832/
Donmbou832/
Dhombhu831/
Dombouh831/
Dombeue831/
Dombaus831/
Dumbu802,412/
Dambu801,142/
Dembu80496/
Dombó8049/
Domvu8027/
Donbu8014/
Dâmbu805/
Doumbouy77153/
Dombusch774/
Doumbeuh771/
Dombaush770/
Dombauch770/
Dambou73444/
Dambui73359/
Domboe73322/
Dhumbu73153/
Dambut73125/
Dambus73103/
Tdembu7382/
Donbou7358/
Dhambu7350/
Dambau7321/
Dambhu7319/
Dhembu738/
Dambuu734/
Dumbut734/
Dembuy733/
Dambud733/
Dumbau732/
Dambuy732/
Dumbou732/
Dembuh731/
Dumbhu731/
Duumbu731/
Domwou731/
Dombói731/
Dumbuy731/
Dumbus731/
Daembu731/
Doumbouyz711/
Dutembu6727/
Deumbou6720/
Dounbou679/
Domveus672/
Dhonbup671/
Donbouy671/
Dammbou671/
Dusembu671/
Dumbush671/
Donbush670/
Dambuch670/

Dombu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dombu in the Tibetan language
དོམ་བུ།dombu-
Dombu in the Russian language
Домбуdombu-

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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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  • 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 Dombu
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