Karombe Surname
Approximately 1,206 people bear this surname
Karombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,171 | 1:13,184 | 1,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Karombé (1) are calculated separately.
Karombe (33) may also be a first name.
Karombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karombe (Marathi: करंबे) is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant: Karombé. For other possible spellings of Karombe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karombe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karombe is the 311,995th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 6,042,741 people. The last name Karombe is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Karombe are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Karombe is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 33 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,171 people, or 1 in 13,184. In Zimbabwe Karombe is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 30 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 28 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Karombe occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karombe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karombe in the Marathi language | ||
| करंबे | karambe | - |
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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 Karombe
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