Horombo Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Horombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Horombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania471:1,126,41746,452
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Horombo Last Name Facts

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

Horombo is most common in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Horombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Horombo is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Horombo live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Horombo is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,126,417. In Tanzania Horombo is most common in: Iringa Region, where 68 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 19 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khorombo931/
Chorombo931/
Orombo9227/
Chourombo88117/
Horomba86227/
Hurombo8661/
Oromboi8653/
Gorombo8612/
Herombo861/
Chouromboi821/
Orosimbo8031/
Harhombo803/
Arombo773,329/
Urombo77983/
Orembo77249/
Oromba7729/
Orambo7718/
Orumbo775/
Oronbo771/
Erombo771/
Cheurombo7539/
Chaurombo7525/
Houroumba752/
Horumba71147/
Garombo71119/
Horumbă7190/
Harembo7177/
Otrambo7131/
Jarombo7111/
Joromba7110/
Gorumbo716/
Orambot714/
Herambo714/
Arommbo711/
Aroombo711/
Oremboh711/
Goromba711/
Otromba711/
Oramboy711/
Orumboi711/
Kharambo6710/
Charomba671/
Jeurombo671/
Gorombga671/
Goroumba671/
Eroumboi671/
Aromboch671/
Charambo671/
Charumbo671/
Arosimbo671/
O'Ramboy670/

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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 Horombo
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