Gombani Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Botswana

Gombani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gombani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1581:97,71013,813
Botswana831:26,3495,307
Italy291:2,108,85190,314
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Burkina Faso41:4,588,02521,573
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Gombani (35) may also be a first name.

Gombani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gombani (Oriya: େସାମବାରି) is found most in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gombani.

How Common Is The Last Name Gombani? popularity and diffusion

Gombani is the 902,012th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gombani are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gombani is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 35 people.

The surname Gombani is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 97,710. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 42 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 28 percent are found and Italy, where 10 percent are found.

Gombani Last Name Statistics demography

Gombani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.41% less than the national average, earning R 60,816 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gombani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gombani in the Oriya language
େସାମବାରିesamabari-

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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 Gombani
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