Sombaya Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sombaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Sombaya (19) may also be a first name.
Sombaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sombaya is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombaya? popularity and diffusion
Sombaya is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Sombaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sombaya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name globally It is held by 19 people.
Sombaya is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. Outside of South Africa Sombaya exists in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Sombaya
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