Kombwa Surname
Approximately 645 people bear this surname
Kombwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 217 | 1:243,971 | 19,796 |
| Kenya | 216 | 1:213,796 | 15,228 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kombwa (50) may also be a first name.
Kombwa Demographics
Kombwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kombwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kombwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kombwa is found most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kombwa? popularity and diffusion
Kombwa is the 507,898th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,298,521 people. Kombwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kombwa reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 50 people.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 243,971. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 98 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent live and The DR Congo, where 29 percent live.
Kombwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kombwa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koombwa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Kombwoa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kembwa | 83 | 10,649 | / |
| Kambwa | 83 | 721 | / |
| Kombua | 83 | 546 | / |
| Kombwe | 83 | 327 | / |
| Kumbwa | 83 | 320 | / |
| Kaumbwa | 77 | 531 | / |
| Kuumbwa | 77 | 250 | / |
| Khombua | 77 | 71 | / |
| Kambwaa | 77 | 27 | / |
| Khombwe | 77 | 12 | / |
| Kaambwa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kambwah | 77 | 10 | / |
| Khumbwa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kombuha | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kaembwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuombua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kambwaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kumbwea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kombwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kambhwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kasimbwa | 71 | 131 | / |
| Kahambwa | 71 | 86 | / |
| Kasembwa | 71 | 23 | / |
| Kahumbwa | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kambwaya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kambwaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kutembwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koumbweu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kambua | 67 | 6,705 | / |
| Kambwi | 67 | 1,584 | / |
| Kambwe | 67 | 566 | / |
| Kumbua | 67 | 72 | / |
| Kembua | 67 | 52 | / |
| Kumbwe | 67 | 44 | / |
| Kanbwa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kachembwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Konbua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kampwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Cambwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kombui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kombue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kâmbua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kunbwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kumbwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khatimbwa | 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 Kombwa
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