Lombwa Surname

487,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 680 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lombwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lombwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Zambia2141:74,0656,380
DR Congo1781:415,05434,837

Lombwa (52) may also be a first name.

Lombwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lombwa is most common in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lombwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Lombwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 487,899th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lombwa live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lombwa is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 52 people.

Lombwa is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Losembwa861/
Lumbwa831,542/
Lembwa83315/
Lompwa83183/
Lombua8394/
Lombwe8337/
Lambwa8322/
Lombuah776/
Leumbwa774/
Lambway772/
Lumbwea771/
Loumbwe771/
Luumbwa771/
Liambwa771/
Lambwad771/
Lutembwa712/
Lumbwe6735,165/
Lambwe672,604/
Lambua6796/
Lempwa6775/
Lembua6771/
Lumbua6732/
Lonbua6730/
Lyasembwa679/
Lambba676/
Lompua674/
Lumpwa672/
Lanbwa671/
Lembwo671/
Lompwe671/
Lombby671/
Lombbo671/

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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 Lombwa
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