Dombwe Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Dombwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dombwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe511:302,71130,394
Burkina Faso71:2,621,72917,588
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Dombwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dombwe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dombwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dombwe is the 2,436,415th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Dombwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dombwe live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Dombwe is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 302,711. In Zimbabwe Dombwe is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 98 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 2 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tdombwe921/
Dommbwe921/
Dombwa83581/
Dumbwe8383/
Dombue8326/
Dembwe8314/
Dambwe838/
Domboue773,216/
Ddambwe772/
Doumboue719/
Dembue671,978/
Dambwa67200/
Dambwi67127/
Dumbwa674/
Dumbue671/
Donboue6217/
Dambwai6210/
Doumbui623/
Damboue622/
Donbbey621/
Dumbwai621/
Dhambwa621/
Deumboue571/
Dounboue571/
Dambui50359/
Danbue501/

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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 Dombwe
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