Nkombwe Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Nkombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 182 | 1:87,087 | 7,247 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Nkombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkombwe is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkombwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,181,191st most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkombwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 87,087. In Zambia Nkombwe is most common in: Central Province, where 71 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 25 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nkombwe
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