Kombwe Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Kombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Zambia | 47 | 1:337,232 | 18,059 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Kombwe (34) may also be a first name.
Kombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kombwe is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kombwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 841,044th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kombwe reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kombwe is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 34 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 346,024. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 92 percent live, Rukwa Region, where 6 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khombwe | 92 | 12 | / |
| Kombwee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Koumbweu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kombwa | 83 | 645 | / |
| Kambwe | 83 | 566 | / |
| Kembwe | 83 | 73 | / |
| Kumbwe | 83 | 44 | / |
| Kombue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaumbwe | 77 | 158 | / |
| Kambwej | 77 | 103 | / |
| Kaambwe | 77 | 21 | / |
| Koombwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kkambwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kaembwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khembwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kambwey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kambwie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kumbwet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kombwoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kumbwea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kahambwe | 71 | 3,718 | / |
| Kusimbwe | 71 | 473 | / |
| Kasimbwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katimbwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kambwi | 67 | 1,584 | / |
| Kambwa | 67 | 721 | / |
| Kumbwa | 67 | 320 | / |
| Kambue | 67 | 204 | / |
| Kampwe | 67 | 82 | / |
| Kembue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kombui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Konbbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanbwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahambwwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konvwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kumbwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Combbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kambve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cambwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kassembwe | 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 Kombwe
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