Gorimbo Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gorimbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gorimbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3181:48,5487,435
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gorimbo (22) may also be a first name.

Gorimbo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gorimbo is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorimbo? popularity and diffusion

Gorimbo is the 849,693rd most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. Gorimbo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gorimbo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gorimbo is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 22 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 318 people, or 1 in 48,548. In Zimbabwe Gorimbo is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 37 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 25 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngorimbo937/
Orimbo92292/
Gorumbo866/
Ngormbo865/
Orzimbo863/
Garimbo862/
Orimba771,158/
Orembo77249/
Garmbo7717/
Arimbo7716/
Gormba771/
Gorumba71201/
Ariembo7120/
Garimba718/
Gurimba715/
Ngarmbo714/
Gerembo714/
Garembo711/
Oremboh711/
Orimbah711/
Garumbo711/
Gorembeu6753/
Gorzemba6724/
Ornbo6713/
Ngarimba6710/
Ormba674/
Gorzęmba672/
Ngurimba671/
Armbo671/
Ngorimwa671/
Garmbout670/

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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 Gorimbo
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