Kisombe Surname

294,474th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kisombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kisombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6861:67,3186,445
DR Congo5401:136,81414,550
Tanzania601:882,36043,917
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kisombe (406) may also be a first name.

Kisombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kisombe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kisombe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kisombe is the 294,474th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,623,106 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kisombe live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 427,982nd most common first name globally, borne by 406 people.

Kisombe is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 686 people, or 1 in 67,318. In Kenya Kisombe is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 72 percent live, Mombasa County, where 20 percent live and Bungoma County, where 7 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.

Kisombe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kisombe
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