Shombe Surname
Approximately 5,073 people bear this surname
Shombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,158 | 1:12,732 | 1,654 |
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| DR Congo | 356 | 1:207,527 | 20,581 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Shombe (231) may also be a first name.
Shombe Demographics
Shombe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shombe is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shombe? popularity and diffusion
Shombe is the 93,958th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,436,536 people. The last name Shombe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shombe are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Shombe is also the 590,311th most frequent forename globally It is held by 231 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,158 people, or 1 in 12,732. In Tanzania Shombe is mostly concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 74 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 17 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
Shombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shombe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shombe surname rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shombe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shombe
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