Lyombe Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Lyombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 378 | 1:140,057 | 12,881 |
| Cameroon | 112 | 1:185,438 | 19,429 |
Lyombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lyombe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyombe? popularity and diffusion
Lyombe is the 625,459th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lyombe live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 140,057. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 64 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 33 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside.
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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 Lyombe
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