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
Karombe (Marathi: करंबे) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can be found as: Karombé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karombe? popularity and diffusion
Karombe is the 311,995th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,042,741 people. The last name Karombe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Karombe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Karombe is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 33 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,171 people, or 1 in 13,184. In Zimbabwe Karombe is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 30 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 28 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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
- 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 Karombe
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