Sombe Surname
Approximately 6,512 people bear this surname
Sombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,482 | 1:21,218 | 2,690 |
| Tanzania | 927 | 1:57,111 | 6,206 |
| Zambia | 727 | 1:21,802 | 2,379 |
| Philippines | 396 | 1:255,652 | 38,046 |
| Cameroon | 266 | 1:78,079 | 9,607 |
| Uganda | 193 | 1:202,276 | 16,174 |
| Kenya | 192 | 1:240,520 | 16,701 |
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 1:59,516 | 7,632 |
| Indonesia | 89 | 1:1,485,946 | 100,216 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Sombé (18) are calculated separately.
Sombe (1,684) may also be a first name.
Sombe Demographics
Average Sombe Salary in
United States
$25,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sombe is found most in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms: Sombé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 75,374th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,119,095 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Sombe live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sombe is also the 187,521st most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 1,684 people.
Sombe is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,482 people, or 1 in 21,218. Beside The DR Congo this surname occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and Zambia, where 11 percent are found.
Sombe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Sombe earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.58% less than the national average, earning $25,208 USD 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 Sombe
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