Gombe Surname
Approximately 9,138 people bear this surname
Gombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,607 | 1:9,607 | 1,193 |
| Nigeria | 1,583 | 1:111,903 | 7,457 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Kenya | 1,220 | 1:37,852 | 4,047 |
| DR Congo | 821 | 1:89,987 | 10,233 |
| Tanzania | 784 | 1:67,528 | 7,126 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Uganda | 421 | 1:92,730 | 9,538 |
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| Congo | 103 | 1:48,438 | 4,465 |
| Zambia | 77 | 1:205,843 | 13,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Central African Republic | 16 | 1:282,212 | 92 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Gömbe (38) & Gombé (1) are calculated separately.
Gombe (852) may also be a first name.
Gombe Demographics
Gombe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gombe (Russian: Гомбэ) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can occur as a variant: Gömbe or Gombé. For other possible spellings of Gombe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gombe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 55,562nd most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 797,499 people. The surname Gombe occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gombe live; 41 percent live in Southern Africa and 24 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gombe is also the 279,236th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 852 people.
The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,607 people, or 1 in 9,607. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 21 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe Gombe exists in 39 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and Angola, where 17 percent are found.
Gombe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (94%) in Kenya and Muslim (85%) in Nigeria.
The amount Gombe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 121.59% more than the national average, earning R 526,572 per year and in United States they earn 16.75% less than the national average, earning $35,922 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gombe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gombe in the Russian language | ||
| Гомбэ | gombe | - |
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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 Gombe
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