Nyombe Surname

291,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6431:114,89812,589
Tanzania6151:86,0848,733
Uganda291:1,346,18251,611
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Nyombe (87) may also be a first name.

Nyombe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyombe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyombe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyombe is the 291,409th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,550,302 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyombe live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nyombe is also the 1,024,927th most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 87 people.

The surname Nyombe is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 643 people, or 1 in 114,898. Apart from The DR Congo Nyombe occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 47 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nayombe92171/
Nyombee9212/
Nyombep9210/
Nyombet923/
Nyombeu921/
Nymbe917/
Nyambe8356,248/
Nyombi8310,580/
Nyomba831,114/
Njombe83414/
Niombe8349/
Neombe8343/
Nhombe832/
Gnombe832/
Noembe831/
Nymbeu831/
Nymbie831/
Nyonbe831/
Nyomby831/
Nyambea77235/
Nnyombi77197/
Nyambee77194/
Nyomboi7769/
Njoumbe7757/
Nyombui7711/
Nayomba7710/
Nyambey779/
Niombey779/
Najombe776/
Nyambie776/
Nayombi776/
Njombie776/
Nyamber775/
Nymberh774/
Njombeh773/
Nyambeh773/
Nyoombi773/
Nyombai772/
Nyambet772/
Noimber771/
Noyombi771/
Njyombi771/
Njombey771/
Nyombit771/
Gnombeh771/
Nembe731,748/
Nimbe73776/
Nymba7329/
Nymve734/
Nymbi732/
Njmbe731/
Nynbe731/
Nyohombi7121/
Nyahambe7117/
Neuyambe7115/
Nyatimbe718/
Nyambeer714/
Nhaiombe714/
Ngnoumbe713/
Nhayomba711/
Najjombe711/
Njoumbie711/
Nyonbeth711/
Nyotembi711/
Nyambeuh711/
Nyambi6717,097/
Nhambe6714,928/
Neumbe6712,036/
Nyamba674,649/
Nyamve671,678/
Niambe671,192/
Ngembe67688/
Niomba67576/
Nember67511/
Njambe67492/
Gnambe67436/
Njomba67288/
Nhimbe67266/
Njombi67197/
Nhembe67136/
Ngaiyambe67131/
Nembee6741/
Nimber6736/
Niembe6736/
Nyanbe6735/
Nnembe6734/
Neombi6721/
Gnimbe6717/
Nyamue6715/
Nyonue6713/
Nyonwe6712/
Nyomwa6710/
Nimbeu6710/
Nenmbe679/
Nuembe677/
Ngimbe676/
Nyamwe676/
Nyonbi675/
Naimbe675/
Nembei674/
Niombi673/
Nyassimbe673/
Nyomui673/
Nembeh672/
Nembeu672/
Naembe672/
Njomwe672/
Nimbey672/
Nuumbe671/
Nyonve671/
Naymve671/
Naiyombai671/
Neomba671/
Neembe671/
Nimbee671/
Nimbep671/
Nimbie671/
Nyonba671/
Némber671/
Nyamby671/
Nyambé671/
Nyamebeeh671/
Gnombi671/
Gnembe671/
Nembet671/

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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 Nyombe
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