Gombela Surname

416,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Gombela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gombela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4981:106,30810,330
South Africa3111:174,20519,257
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Gombela (10) may also be a first name.

Gombela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gombela is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gombela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 416,195th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,717,160 people. The last name Gombela is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gombela reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gombela is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.

The last name Gombela is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 498 people, or 1 in 106,308. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 48 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live and Pwani Region, where 22 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 37 percent live and Malawi, where 1 percent live.

Gombela Last Name Statistics demography

Gombela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.08% less than the national average, earning R 170,904 per year.

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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 Gombela
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