Kombwa Surname

507,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 645 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kombwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kombwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2171:243,97119,796
Kenya2161:213,79615,228
DR Congo1851:399,34933,942
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kombwa (50) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koombwa924/
Kombwoa921/
Kembwa8310,649/
Kambwa83721/
Kombua83546/
Kombwe83327/
Kumbwa83320/
Kaumbwa77531/
Kuumbwa77250/
Khombua7771/
Kambwaa7727/
Khombwe7712/
Kaambwa7711/
Kambwah7710/
Khumbwa778/
Kombuha774/
Kaembwa771/
Kuombua771/
Kambwaj771/
Kumbwea771/
Kombwee771/
Kambhwa771/
Kasimbwa71131/
Kahambwa7186/
Kasembwa7123/
Kahumbwa7121/
Kambwaya715/
Kambwaha711/
Kutembwa711/
Koumbweu711/
Kambua676,705/
Kambwi671,584/
Kambwe67566/
Kumbua6772/
Kembua6752/
Kumbwe6744/
Kanbwa6713/
Kachembwa679/
Konbua679/
Kampwa677/
Cambwa672/
Kombui672/
Kombue671/
Kâmbua671/
Kunbwa671/
Kumbwi671/
Khatimbwa671/

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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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