Machombo Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Machombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Machombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1821:290,88822,561
Zimbabwe791:195,42122,838
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Machombo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Machombo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Machombo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 975,866th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Machombo reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 290,888. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 88 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 5 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Machombo is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Machombo
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