Kawombe Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Kawombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 231 | 1:169,001 | 14,391 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kawombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawombe is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kawombe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawombe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 684,148th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawombe live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kawombe is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 169,001. In Uganda Kawombe is mostly concentrated in: Mukono District, where 26 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 22 percent reside and Rakai District, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 42 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaswombe | 93 | 10 | / |
| Kawoombe | 93 | 6 | / |
| Kawombey | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kawambe | 86 | 3,768 | / |
| Kawembe | 86 | 402 | / |
| Kawomba | 86 | 252 | / |
| Kawumbe | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kawonbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kawombi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kahwambe | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kaawambe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kawaambe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kawamber | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khawumbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kahwembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaibombe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaahwambe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kawamba | 71 | 2,925 | / |
| Kawumba | 71 | 2,153 | / |
| Kavembe | 71 | 256 | / |
| Kabomve | 71 | 41 | / |
| Kawumbi | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kabonbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kavambe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kobombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kovambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kawambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kavumbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khabambe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kewembeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kavhumbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kahwamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kowombio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaswambi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kewoumbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khabumbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koubambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kavhembe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kawombe
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