Masombwa Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Masombwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masombwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Masombwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masombwa is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Masombwa? popularity and diffusion

Masombwa is the 4,772,636th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Masombwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Masombwa are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 69 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 31 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 24 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
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  • 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 Masombwa
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