Machombe Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Machombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Machombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Machombe is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Machombe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Machombe are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Machombe is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 69 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 10 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 Machombe
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