Kihombo Surname

89,989th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kihombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kihombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,2001:10,1811,314
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Kihombo (41) may also be a first name.

Kihombo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kihombo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kihombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kihombo is the 89,989th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,367,526 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kihombo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kihombo is also the 1,590,275th most common first name worldwide, borne by 41 people.

It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5,200 people, or 1 in 10,181. In Tanzania Kihombo is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 57 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 15 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Kihombo occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and The Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiombo92739/
Kihambo8670/
Kihomba8624/
Kijombo8610/
Kiomboi864/
Khiombo861/
Kiomboa861/
Kihumbo861/
Chihombo80152/
Kihaambo801/
Kayhombo801/
Kyombo771,556/
Kiomba771,438/
Kiumbo77711/
Kiambo77543/
Kiomvo7734/
Kehoumbou7511/
Kayombo71101,806/
Kihumba712,384/
Kajombo712,145/
Caiombo711,780/
Kihamba71813/
Chiombo7140/
Kuyombo7131/
Koyombo7129/
Kijambo7123/
Kijomba7113/
Kiambou717/
Kheambo712/
Kuhomba711/
Kiombha711/
Kiamboh711/
Kioumba711/
Chihomba6727/
Kijjambo6719/
Kiasembo674/
Kayiomba674/
Kayonmbo671/
Kajoembo671/
Kiatembo671/
Kiehamba671/
Kagiomba671/
Kijjomba671/
Kkayombo671/
Kiosimba671/
Chihambo671/

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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 Kihombo
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