Gombamwa Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Gombamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Gombamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gombamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gombamwa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gombamwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gombamwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gombamwa is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 467,825. In Zimbabwe Gombamwa is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 70 percent reside, Harare Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 3 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Gombamwa is found in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ombamba | 80 | 127 | / |
| Gambamba | 75 | 43 | / |
| Ambamba | 67 | 274 | / |
| Ombambo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hambamba | 63 | 259 | / |
| Ambambai | 63 | 29 | / |
| Gomboombe | 59 | 4 | / |
| Haambamba | 59 | 2 | / |
| Gambambou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hambahamba | 56 | 184 | / |
| Ambomba | 53 | 47 | / |
| Ombombo | 53 | 22 | / |
| Ambambo | 53 | 21 | / |
| Ombomba | 53 | 9 | / |
| Amvomba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Omvoumba | 50 | 112 | / |
| Hambomba | 50 | 108 | / |
| Amboumba | 50 | 8 | / |
| Amvoumba | 50 | 8 | / |
| Gumbombo | 50 | 4 | / |
| Gumbomwe | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ambambou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Onvoumba | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hambambo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gombamwa
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