Igombe Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Igombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 138 | 1:282,893 | 20,096 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Igombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Igombe occurs most in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Igombe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,465,390th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Igombe live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 282,893. In Uganda Igombe is most frequent in: Kamuli District, where 54 percent live, Kaliro District, where 40 percent live and Luuka District, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Chad, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingombe | 92 | 295 | / |
| Igoumbe | 92 | 34 | / |
| Igombet | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yigombe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ing'ombe | 86 | 175 | / |
| Yingombe | 86 | 151 | / |
| Ingoumbe | 86 | 5 | / |
| Hingombe | 86 | 5 | / |
| Jingombe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gingombe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Igembe | 83 | 2,057 | / |
| Igomba | 83 | 169 | / |
| Egombe | 83 | 85 | / |
| Igambe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Igombi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Igonbe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Engombe | 77 | 899 | / |
| Ingambe | 77 | 75 | / |
| Egoumbe | 77 | 38 | / |
| Ighomue | 77 | 30 | / |
| Jigembe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ighembe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Higomba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eghombe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gegombe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ingombi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ingumbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Higombi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igombai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igumber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hengombe | 71 | 235 | / |
| Ingombai | 71 | 41 | / |
| Hingonbe | 71 | 25 | / |
| Engoumbe | 71 | 7 | / |
| Yingambe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Engombei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gingombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yingumbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ingombay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jiggembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ugembe | 67 | 4,974 | / |
| Igamba | 67 | 949 | / |
| Igumba | 67 | 563 | / |
| Igambi | 67 | 316 | / |
| Ugambe | 67 | 150 | / |
| Egombi | 67 | 82 | / |
| Egumbe | 67 | 35 | / |
| Egomba | 67 | 25 | / |
| Egambe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Igumbi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Egembe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Igunbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Igonwe | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Igombe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis