Gombu Surname

337,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,089 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Gombu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gombu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India7371:1,040,79443,436
Papua New Guinea2341:34,8454,120
Bhutan401:15,401432
Indonesia371:3,574,303189,798
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Liberia131:339,11818,650
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Gombu (597) may also be a first name.

Gombu Last Name Facts

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

Gombu (Hindi: गोम्बू, Tibetan: སྒོམ་བུ།) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gombu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gombu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 337,980th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 6,691,961 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Gombu are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 342,194th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 597 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 737 people, or 1 in 1,040,794. In India Gombu is most prevalent in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Other than India Gombu is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and Bhutan, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngombu911,049/
Gombau91718/
Gombou9140/
Gombeu9139/
Gombus9126/
Gombhu911/
Gombuh911/
Gombut911/
Ghombu911/
Gombud911/
Ombu89994/
Gombaud83544/
Ngombou8395/
Goumbou8339/
Gombaut8330/
Ghombou832/
Ngoumbu832/
Ngoimbu831/
Ngombeu831/
Ngonmbu831/
Nghombu831/
Gombeuh831/
Gombouy831/
Ombui808,004/
Gambu804,452/
Gumbu801,494/
Ombuh80347/
Ombou80259/
Gembu80193/
Ombus8081/
Hombu8065/
Ombut8015/
Gombó8014/
Gonbu803/
Ombuy802/
Uombu802/
Ombgu801/
Onmbu801/
Ombud801/
Ombau801/
Gombault77973/
Ngoumbou7735/
Ngoinmbu773/
Goimbaud772/
Ghoumbou771/
Ngumbu733,273/
Ngambu732,949/
Gambou732,879/
Gumbau73657/
Gambus73529/
Gambut73259/
Gambuś73188/
Gomboo73172/
Gumbus73117/
Gambau73108/
Hombut7345/
Gambhu7341/
Gambud7320/
Oumbou7318/
Gambeu7317/
Ngonbu7315/
Gembuh7312/
Gumbut739/
Gembau737/
Ombuih736/
Hombau735/
Gonbou734/
Ghambu734/
Oumbut734/
Gembou733/
Gumbeu732/
Ombaut732/
Hombus732/
Gonbau732/
Gumbui731/
Hombou731/
Otembu731/
Ngomwu731/
Goinbu731/
Gâmbou731/
Gambuh731/
Gonbus731/
Omboud731/
Hombud731/
Ombush730/
Goimbault71201/
Ngambou678,774/
Ngumbau674,619/
Ambu673,970/
Onbu67460/
Gambusz67104/
Ng'ambu6798/
Ngambeu6757/
N'Gumbu6755/
Houmbou6733/
Ngambuh6724/
Gambaud6722/
Gatembu6721/
Ghambou6712/
Ngumbou6710/
Gambhud677/
Gambouj674/
Nghumbu674/
Ngambuu674/
Ghembou674/
Gambouz673/
Ombú672/
Ngambui672/
Hoombau671/
Gambush671/
Houmbeu671/
Hombaut671/
Ngonbeu671/
Ngonbou671/
Gounbou671/
Gumbaud671/
Ghambau671/
Gammbou671/
Gambuch671/
Gambaux671/
Gatimbu671/
Ngambau671/
Gamboud671/

Gombu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gombu in the Hindi language
गोम्बूgombu-
Gombu in the Tibetan language
སྒོམ་བུ།gombu77.78
སྒོམ་བུ་gombu11.11
མགོན་པོ།gönpo4.44
མགོམ་བུ།gombu2.22
མགོནམ་བུ།gonambu2.22
མགོན་བོ།gönwo2.22

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gombu
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