Mahombe Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Mahombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 132 | 1:120,075 | 9,160 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mahombe (13) may also be a first name.
Mahombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahombe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahombe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 883,255th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahombe are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 120,075. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 52 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 47 percent reside and Central Province, where 1 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahoumbe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maombe | 92 | 707 | / |
| Mayombe | 86 | 2,816 | / |
| Mahombi | 86 | 517 | / |
| Maoumbe | 86 | 104 | / |
| Majombe | 86 | 94 | / |
| Mohombe | 86 | 21 | / |
| Maiombe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mahomboi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mahoumba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maombi | 77 | 31,590 | / |
| Maomba | 77 | 380 | / |
| Moambe | 77 | 20 | / |
| Mayombi | 71 | 811 | / |
| Mayomba | 71 | 394 | / |
| Majomba | 71 | 345 | / |
| Mohombi | 71 | 96 | / |
| Moyombe | 71 | 58 | / |
| Mohomba | 71 | 58 | / |
| Mojombe | 71 | 40 | / |
| Mohambe | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mouambe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Moamber | 71 | 4 | / |
| Maoumba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maaombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mayomby | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mohomve | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mmaombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meyombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Majombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mohambie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maiyambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mooamber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mayombai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Majomboy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mahombe
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