Kalombo Surname

7,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80,010 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kalombo Surname Definition:

Kalombo is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: royal title.

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Kalombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo73,5191:1,00584
Zambia2,1331:7,431884
Angola1,5781:17,1032,033
Tanzania1,0041:52,7315,815
Malawi8631:19,8373,086
France2021:328,82549,763
Namibia1361:17,7163,092
South Africa1061:511,11041,270
Belgium1051:109,49216,366
Uganda871:448,72726,843
United States671:5,409,835270,257
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
England321:1,741,18971,393
Zimbabwe291:532,35342,865
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Kalombo (4,017) may also be a first name.

Kalombo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Kalombo is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: royal title.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Kalombo is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: a tribute of respect.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

User-submitted Reference

Kalombo is a surname originating from the Luba people of The Democratic Republic of Congo meaning 'one who creates with their hands'.

- shaykali

Kalombo Last Name Facts

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

Kalombo (Russian: Каломбо) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kalombo is the 7,094th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 91,083 people. The surname Kalombo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalombo reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 110,145th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 4,017 people.

The surname Kalombo is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 73,519 people, or 1 in 1,005. Besides The DR Congo Kalombo occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 3 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.

Kalombo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kalombo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

The amount Kalombo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.98% more than the national average, earning R 408,696 per year; in United States they earn 0.38% more than the national average, earning $43,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.3% less than the national average, earning $31,150 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kalombo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalombo in the Russian language
Каломбоkalombo-

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