Sombava Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

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

Sombava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sombava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1811:299,32428,868

Sombava Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sombava is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sombava? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,267,784th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sombava are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 299,324. In South Africa Sombava is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 56 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found.

Sombava Last Name Statistics demography

Sombava earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.38% less than the national average, earning R 44,244 per year.

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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 Sombava
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