Mhombwe Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Mhombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 202 | 1:262,087 | 20,938 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Mhombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhombwe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Mhombwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhombwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,168,344th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhombwe are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 262,087. In Tanzania Mhombwe is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 52 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 47 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania Mhombwe is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmhombwe | 93 | 4 | / |
| Mchombwe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mombwe | 92 | 80 | / |
| Mhembwe | 86 | 444 | / |
| Mhombwa | 86 | 17 | / |
| Mmombwe | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mhumbwe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Muombwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mhambwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mahumbwe | 80 | 45 | / |
| Mambwe | 77 | 58,688 | / |
| Mombwa | 77 | 506 | / |
| Mumbwe | 77 | 296 | / |
| Mombwi | 77 | 157 | / |
| Membwe | 77 | 35 | / |
| Mombue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muchimbwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muombwa | 71 | 781 | / |
| Maumbwe | 71 | 92 | / |
| Maambwe | 71 | 21 | / |
| Momboue | 71 | 3 | / |
| Muimbwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Moumbwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mumbweh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mgumbwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mambweh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moimbwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Manmbwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mhumbwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mchambwa | 67 | 621 | / |
| Matembwe | 67 | 72 | / |
| Moumboue | 67 | 13 | / |
| M'Mombwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mahambwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maummbwe | 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
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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 Mhombwe
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