Jjombwe Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Jjombwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jjombwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1921:203,33016,226
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Jjombwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jjombwe is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jjombwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,210,518th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname Jjombwe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jjombwe are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Jjombwe is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 203,330. In Uganda Jjombwe is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 35 percent are found, Kampala District, where 18 percent are found and Mityana District, where 15 percent are found. Not including Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jombwe92264/
Jombe831,490/
Yombwe774,918/
Jimbwe7763/
Jaombe7722/
Jjembe778/
Jombae778/
Jjumbe773/
Jambwe772/
Jembwe772/
Jombhe772/
Jjambe772/
Jombwa771/
Jiombe771/
Jomb7321/
Jjmb731/
Jmbe731/
Jambawe71238/
Eyombwe7115/
Ihombwe7112/
Jiyombe715/
Jombowu714/
Joumbey712/
Jomabee711/
Jayombe711/
Jombowo711/
Jombiye711/
Oyombwe711/
Jombeau710/
Jumbe6734,221/
Jombo678,078/
Jembe673,039/
Jambe671,546/
Jomba67677/
Jombi67268/
Jombu67201/
Jimbe67144/
Jomby6720/
Jompe6712/
Jomab676/
Yombw671/
Jomub671/
Jambahwe671/
Jommb671/
Jmbhe671/
Juomb671/
Joimboie671/

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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 Jjombwe
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