Kanyombe Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kanyombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanyombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kanyombe (21) may also be a first name.

Kanyombe Last Name Facts

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

Kanyombe is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanyombe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,125,333rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyombe live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kanyombe is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name Kanyombe is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 49 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanyambe8810/
Kanjombe885/
Kanyomba885/
Kaniombe881/
Kanayomba821/
Kangiombe821/
Kanembe80581/
Kanimbe8021/
Kanymba801/
Kanyamba75804/
Kanyambi75700/
Kanjombi75185/
Kangembe75169/
Konyombi7527/
Kanhimbe7510/
Kanjomba755/
Konyambe753/
Kaniembe751/
Kaniombi751/
Kanyanbe751/
Kanaymba751/
Kanjambe751/
Kanhembe751/
Kanjambeu711/
Kanimba679,139/
Kanemba67382/
Kanimbi6727/
Kanyahamba672/
Konembe671/
Kanyambaya671/

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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 Kanyombe
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