Karombwe Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Karombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 120 | 1:441,180 | 30,663 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Karombwe (21) may also be a first name.
Karombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karombwe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karombwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karombwe is the 1,447,279th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. Karombwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karombwe live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 21 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 441,180. In Tanzania Karombwe is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 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
- 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 Karombwe
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