Mwakombo Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwakombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwakombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3221:143,41611,546
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwakombo (180) may also be a first name.

Mwakombo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwakombo occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwakombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwakombo is the 835,661st most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. Mwakombo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakombo reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mwakombo is also the 679,247th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 180 people.

Mwakombo is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 322 people, or 1 in 143,416. In Kenya it is most common in: Kilifi County, where 60 percent reside, Kwale County, where 37 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Mwakombo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mwakombo surname is predominantly Muslim (56%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwakambo889/
Mwakomba882/
Mwakumbo881/
Mwaikambo824,733/
Mwakoemba821/
Mwakatimbo78266/
Mwakatembo783/
Mmwaikambo782/
Mwakamba75550/
Mbakambo7527/
Mbokombo754/
Mwakemba752/
Mwakumba751/
Mwaikamba71115/
Mwakembeu715/
Muakamba63677/
Mbokomba6399/
Mbokombha594/
Mvokamba501/

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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 Mwakombo
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