Sombolo Surname
Approximately 878 people bear this surname
Sombolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 862 | 1:85,707 | 9,810 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sombolo (38) may also be a first name.
Sombolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sombolo has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombolo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 400,385th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,300,166 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sombolo live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sombolo is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 38 people.
The surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 862 people, or 1 in 85,707. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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
- 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 Sombolo
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