Mtombo Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mtombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1511:358,79332,710
Zimbabwe1211:127,58916,979
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Mtombo (31) may also be a first name.

Mtombo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mtombo occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 807,857th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mtombo reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mtombo is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.

Mtombo is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 358,793. In South Africa Mtombo is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 40 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 13 percent live. Not including South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 35 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.

Mtombo Last Name Statistics demography

Mtombo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.91% less than the national average, earning R 102,396 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mthombo921,024/
M'Tombo921/
Mtoumbou861/
Mtambo8354,714/
Mtembo831,257/
Mtomba83230/
Mtumbo8346/
Mthomboth801/
Mthembo77573/
Mthambo77318/
M'Tambo7713/
Mhtambo773/
Mtamboh773/
Mmtambo772/
Mtoumba772/
Mtanmbo771/
Mtombaa771/
Mhthumbo711/
Mthemboo711/
Mtamba671,653/
Mtumba671,466/
Mtemba67904/
Mtomwa674/
Mtanbo673/
Mthumba62446/
Mthemba62139/
Mtaumba624/
Mtambaa622/
Mthamba621/
Mtaemba621/
M'Tamba621/
Mtamwa50173/
Mtonwa501/

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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 Mtombo
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