Ratombo Surname

199,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ratombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,0841:25,9973,320
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ratombo (17) may also be a first name.

Ratombo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ratombo is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Ratombo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratombo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ratombo is the 199,116th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,473,568 people. The surname Ratombo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ratombo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ratombo is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 17 people.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,084 people, or 1 in 25,997. In South Africa Ratombo is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 76 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Ratombo Last Name Statistics demography

Ratombo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.9% less than the national average, earning R 140,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rathombo9314/
Ratomba8623/
Ratambo863/
Retombo861/
Rathomba802/
Ratamba7110/
Ratemba712/
Retamboy671/
Rattanbooth564/
Ratonhwa531/

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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 Ratombo
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