Polombwe Surname
Approximately 2,413 people bear this surname
Polombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,408 | 1:30,681 | 3,840 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Polombwe (255) may also be a first name.
Polombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Polombwe is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polombwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 177,322nd most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,020,118 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Polombwe reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Polombwe is also the 557,860th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 255 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,408 people, or 1 in 30,681. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, 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
- 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 Polombwe
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