Kotomba Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kotomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotomba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kotomba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kotomba is found most frequently in Malawi. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotomba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kotomba reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Besides Malawi Kotomba is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

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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 Kotomba
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