Mwombe Surname
Approximately 1,717 people bear this surname
Mwombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,330 | 1:34,722 | 3,758 |
| Tanzania | 210 | 1:252,103 | 20,382 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwombe (263) may also be a first name.
Mwombe Demographics
Mwombe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwombe occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwombe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwombe is the 234,573rd most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,244,348 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwombe live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 548,616th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 263 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,330 people, or 1 in 34,722. In Kenya Mwombe is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 79 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 11 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 7 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Mwombe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwombe surname is principally Christian (97%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwoumbe | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mwembe | 83 | 15,680 | / |
| Mwambe | 83 | 5,843 | / |
| Mbombe | 83 | 2,878 | / |
| Muombe | 83 | 552 | / |
| Mwomba | 83 | 470 | / |
| Mvombe | 83 | 36 | / |
| Mwumbe | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mwombi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mweembe | 77 | 3,927 | / |
| Mboumbe | 77 | 61 | / |
| Mwembei | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mwembee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwaumbe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mwombui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mvoumbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mvoembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwambea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwambie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbombea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbombey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbonmbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwembie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwomboi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwambeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbombei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwambije | 71 | 1,546 | / |
| Mwasembe | 71 | 294 | / |
| Mwatembe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mwaumbea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwamba | 67 | 369,694 | / |
| Mbombi | 67 | 6,793 | / |
| Mwambi | 67 | 6,702 | / |
| Mbambe | 67 | 2,092 | / |
| Mvembe | 67 | 1,420 | / |
| Muomba | 67 | 828 | / |
| Mwembi | 67 | 705 | / |
| Mbumbe | 67 | 694 | / |
| Mvumbe | 67 | 271 | / |
| Muambe | 67 | 169 | / |
| Muembe | 67 | 142 | / |
| Mvambe | 67 | 38 | / |
| Muombi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Mvomba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwamby | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbomby | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwan'mbey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mvombi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwanbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwumbi | 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 Mwombe
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