Magombe Surname

102,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,583 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Magombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3,4891:11,1891,871
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
Tanzania3131:169,14314,889
Zimbabwe2741:56,3448,535
Kenya761:607,63028,249
Mozambique491:556,3591,404
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England141:3,979,861125,553
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Magombe (162) may also be a first name.

Magombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Magombe is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Magombe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 102,713th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,590,126 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Magombe live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Magombe is also the 720,105th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 162 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,489 people, or 1 in 11,189. In Uganda Magombe is primarily found in: Mbale District, where 50 percent live, Sironko District, where 27 percent live and Mayuge District, where 3 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 percent live.

Magombe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Magombe last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Magombe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.56% less than the national average, earning R 20,052 per year.

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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 Magombe
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