Jombwe Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Jombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 232 | 1:168,273 | 14,348 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
Jombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jombwe is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jombwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jombwe is the 978,274th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jombwe reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 232 people, or 1 in 168,273. In Uganda Jombwe is most common in: Kampala District, where 25 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 21 percent are found and Luweero District, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jjombwe | 92 | 194 | / |
| Djombwe | 92 | 10 | / |
| Djombwea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yombwe | 83 | 4,918 | / |
| Sombwe | 83 | 251 | / |
| Zombwe | 83 | 141 | / |
| Jambwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jombwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eyombwe | 77 | 15 | / |
| Ihombwe | 77 | 12 | / |
| Zhombwe | 77 | 7 | / |
| Djombue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Djambwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oyombwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yombw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Djomboue | 71 | 11 | / |
| Sambwe | 67 | 7,478 | / |
| Sompwe | 67 | 4,999 | / |
| Jambwa | 67 | 1,404 | / |
| Zambwe | 67 | 1,266 | / |
| Yambwe | 67 | 42 | / |
| Yombue | 67 | 21 | / |
| Yumbwe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Jambwi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Iumbwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yombwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jumbwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cambwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sombwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sombue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Jombwe
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