Pombal Surname

31,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Pombal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pombal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola15,9721:1,690307
Portugal5281:19,7321,393
Brazil3161:677,45024,995
Spain1941:240,99015,620
Cuba871:132,4453,438
France301:2,214,091176,965
Belgium291:396,43641,978
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Namibia41:602,35012,421
England31:18,572,686338,250
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Pombal (16) may also be a first name.

Pombal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pombal occurs in Angola more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pombal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,000th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 423,030 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Pombal live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Pombal is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 16 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Angola, where it is carried by 15,972 people, or 1 in 1,690. Apart from Angola this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Pombal Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Pombal earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 175.9% more than the national average, earning R 655,632 per year and in United States they earn 115.42% more than the national average, earning $92,950 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pombale9229/
Pombeal921/
Pombaile86152/
Pombhale8659/
Pambal8349/
Pombol839/
Pembal831/
Pomval831/
Poumbaile801/
Pambale7750/
Pamball775/
Pammbal771/
Paumbal771/
Pambgal771/
Pomwall770/
Pambault719/
Pasimbal718/
Ponbhale714/
Poonmpal713/
Phoomwal711/
Pamual6710/
Pembol676/
Panbal672/
Ponbol671/

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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 Pombal
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