Magombo Surname

16,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Magombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Magombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi32,6761:52433
Zimbabwe1,0551:14,6332,033
DR Congo2191:337,35029,912
Zambia571:278,06916,150
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
United States151:24,163,929685,360
England131:4,286,005132,302
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Magombo (160) may also be a first name.

Magombo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Magombo occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Magombo.

How Common Is The Last Name Magombo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Magombo is the 16,274th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 213,323 people. The last name Magombo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magombo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 725,185th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 160 people.

It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 32,676 people, or 1 in 524. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Magombo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Magombo earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 26.65% less than the national average, earning R 174,300 per year and in United States they earn 14.08% more than the national average, earning $49,225 USD 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 Magombo
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