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
Average Gombe Salary in
United States
$35,922 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gombe (Russian: Гомбэ) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Gömbe or Gombé. For other possible spellings of Gombe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gombe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gombe is the 55,562nd most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 797,499 people. The last name Gombe is primarily found 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 prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 852 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,607 people, or 1 in 9,607. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 21 percent live, Harare Province, where 17 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 16 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Gombe exists in 39 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Angola, where 17 percent live.
Gombe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gombe surname is chiefly 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
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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 Gombe
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