Mombasa Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Mombasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Mombasa (202) may also be a first name.
Mombasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mombasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mombasa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mombasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 953,750th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mombasa live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mombasa is also the 637,340th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 202 people.
The last name Mombasa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Other than The DR Congo Mombasa exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 45 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mombassa | 93 | 61 | / |
| Mombasha | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mombasah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Moumbassa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mambasa | 86 | 4,365 | / |
| Mombesa | 86 | 521 | / |
| Mumbasa | 86 | 118 | / |
| Mombosa | 86 | 27 | / |
| Mombaca | 86 | 12 | / |
| Mombase | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mombasi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mombaso | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mambassa | 80 | 33 | / |
| Mumbasha | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mumbasah | 80 | 13 | / |
| Mambasia | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mumbaisa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mumbassa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mambasha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mumbaasa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mombessa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moombesa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mombahza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mombazia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Momboussa | 75 | 13 | / |
| Moumbessa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Musimbasa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mambhasha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mambatsai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mambesa | 71 | 525 | / |
| Mambasi | 71 | 132 | / |
| Momboso | 71 | 75 | / |
| Mambosa | 71 | 71 | / |
| Mamuasa | 71 | 46 | / |
| Mambaza | 71 | 45 | / |
| Mumbaza | 71 | 35 | / |
| Membesa | 71 | 35 | / |
| Mumbasi | 71 | 30 | / |
| Monbasi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mambaso | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mambase | 71 | 2 | / |
| Momboja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mombeza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Monbaca | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mombose | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mambaca | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mombazi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Momboshi | 67 | 127 | / |
| Mambadja | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mambaise | 67 | 21 | / |
| Momboise | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mambashi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mombosha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Manbassa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mambasse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mambaisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mombachi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mambassi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mambessa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mombosei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mumbaiza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mumbasit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mumbeisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mumbasoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mumbatsi | 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 Mombasa
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