Karombo Surname

383,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 929 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Karombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6661:23,1813,508
Tanzania2111:250,90820,278
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
Congo131:383,7779,863
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England21:27,859,030389,889
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karombo (83) may also be a first name.

Karombo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karombo has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Karombo.

How Common Is The Last Name Karombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 383,038th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 7,844,506 people. Karombo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Karombo live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most common first name in the world It is held by 83 people.

This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 666 people, or 1 in 23,181. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 32 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Karombo
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