Sombelo Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sombelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sombelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sombelo is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sombelo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombelo? popularity and diffusion
Sombelo is the 7,117,718th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sombelo live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Sombelo is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Aside from The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and Zambia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Sombelo
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