Gekombe Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gekombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gekombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2761:167,31812,883
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Gekombe (44) may also be a first name.

Gekombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gekombe is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gekombe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gekombe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gekombe is the 928,396th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gekombe reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Gekombe is also the 1,525,482nd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 44 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 167,318. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kisii County, where 50 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 49 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Gekombe exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Gekombe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Gekombe surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekombe922,564/
Gakombe86156/
Sekombe8637/
Yekombe867/
Gekomba864/
Ekombet863/
Gikombe861/
Jekombe861/
Ekoumbe861/
Djekombe8029/
Yekoumbe801/
Ekoumbet801/
Ngecombe801/
Ekomba7717,455/
Ikombe772,628/
Ekambe77402/
Ekombi77212/
Ekomby772/
Ekonbe771/
Djekoimbe751/
Sikombe719,202/
Secombe71351/
Jikombe71252/
Gekembi7182/
Gikomba7175/
Ekoumba7130/
Escombe7129/
Ekoumbi7125/
Yekambe717/
Gikumbe717/
Gokombi715/
Sekombi714/
Gakombi713/
Ekambea711/
Yikombe711/
Eakambe711/
Zikombe711/
Yekomba711/
Gikombi711/
Jskombe711/
Cikombe711/
Ekomboa711/
Edcombe710/
Giscombe67912/
Djekonbe67402/
Seacombe67197/
Ceccombe675/
Gikhomba674/
Sikhombe673/
Gidcombe672/
Seecombe671/
Yescombe671/
Sikoombe671/
Sikombee671/
Zekoumba671/
Sikombie671/
Siekambe671/
Djikombe671/
Jikonmbe671/
Iskomber670/

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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 Gekombe
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