Pombe Surname
Approximately 1,504 people bear this surname
Pombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Tanzania | 370 | 1:143,085 | 13,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 182 | 1:44,801 | 5,515 |
| Cameroon | 153 | 1:135,746 | 15,205 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
The alternate forms: Pombé (1) are calculated separately.
Pombe (713) may also be a first name.
Pombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pombe is carried by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Pombé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pombe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 261,034th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,845,443 people. Pombe is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Pombe reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 309,270th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 713 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Chad, where it is held by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Excluding Chad this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pombé | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pombet | 91 | 83 | / |
| Pomber | 91 | 61 | / |
| Poumbe | 91 | 59 | / |
| Pombea | 91 | 34 | / |
| Pfombe | 91 | 11 | / |
| Poombe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Pombeh | 91 | 3 | / |
| Pombes | 91 | 2 | / |
| Pombey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pombed | 91 | 1 | / |
| Phombe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pombeu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pombhe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pombett | 83 | 50 | / |
| Potimbe | 83 | 11 | / |
| Phombeh | 83 | 10 | / |
| Posimbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phombea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phomber | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pembe | 80 | 24,523 | / |
| Pambe | 80 | 3,111 | / |
| Pomba | 80 | 1,069 | / |
| Pombi | 80 | 463 | / |
| Pumbe | 80 | 131 | / |
| Ponbe | 80 | 20 | / |
| Pomue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Potember | 77 | 39 | / |
| Phombeah | 77 | 7 | / |
| Poumba | 73 | 478 | / |
| Phembe | 73 | 197 | / |
| Pembeu | 73 | 152 | / |
| Phomba | 73 | 70 | / |
| Pamber | 73 | 66 | / |
| Pembee | 73 | 65 | / |
| Pembie | 73 | 28 | / |
| Pambet | 73 | 27 | / |
| Pfumbe | 73 | 24 | / |
| Pombai | 73 | 17 | / |
| Pambei | 73 | 12 | / |
| Poumve | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pambeu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pomboy | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pambea | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pombha | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pumber | 73 | 4 | / |
| Phambe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Paembe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pambed | 73 | 4 | / |
| Phomve | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pembey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pfembe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pounbe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pomboi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puombi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pambey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ponber | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pombid | 73 | 2 | / |
| Paumbe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pombaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponbet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pomves | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pomnue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pambeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phumbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pomboa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pambee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ponnbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pombay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poisimber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pombaya | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pasembe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Phonbeh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Posimbi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phamber | 67 | 3 | / |
| Poumbai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pommuet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poumbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponmbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puombit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pambiey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pambije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phumber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pambhet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ponbett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Posmuer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Poinber | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pombe
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