Kaombwe Surname
Approximately 4,746 people bear this surname
Kaombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,667 | 1:11,344 | 1,481 |
| Zambia | 55 | 1:288,180 | 16,490 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaombwe (544) may also be a first name.
Kaombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaombwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaombwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 99,677th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,535,513 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaombwe reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kaombwe is also the 361,218th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 544 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,667 people, or 1 in 11,344. In Tanzania Kaombwe is most common in: Tabora Region, where 48 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kaombwe
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