Gombawa Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gombawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gombawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1521:1,165,41347,471
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Gombawa (22) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Gombawa Demographics

Gombawa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 42 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Gombawa Last Name Facts

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

Gombawa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gombawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,380,086th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gombawa live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gombawa is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used given name on earth It is held by 22 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria Gombawa is most prevalent in: Gombe, where 70 percent live, Jigawa, where 24 percent live and Yobe, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.

Gombawa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gombawai9320/
Ngombawa931/
Gambawa865/
Gombowa864/
Ngombawe801/
Gahambawa751/
Gombabe7128/
Gambawo717/
Gambowa715/
Ganbawa711/
Gombova711/
Gambewa711/
Gomboeva672,427/
Gambhava67114/
Gombeeva677/
Gambaeva673/
Ngombowo671/
Gambavat671/
Gambahwe671/
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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 Gombawa
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