Matsombe Surname

85,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Matsombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique5,5621:4,9011,104
South Africa641:846,52756,162
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Matsombe (29) may also be a first name.

Matsombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matsombe is more frequently found in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsombe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 85,384th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,290,059 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matsombe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Matsombe is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 29 people.

The last name Matsombe is most commonly used in Mozambique, where it is held by 5,562 people, or 1 in 4,901. Aside from Mozambique Matsombe occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Matsombe Last Name Statistics demography

Matsombe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.13% less than the national average, earning R 194,556 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 Matsombe
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