Kashombe Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kashombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kashombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1221:129,9179,695
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Kashombe (24) may also be a first name.

Kashombe Last Name Facts

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

Kashombe is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kashombe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,263,456th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kashombe are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 24 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 129,917. In Zambia Kashombe is most numerous in: Muchinga Province, where 74 percent reside, Luapula Province, where 20 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Kashombe
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