Sombolo Surname

400,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 878 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Sombolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sombolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo8621:85,7079,810
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

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 is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sombolo.

How Common Is The Last Name Sombolo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 400,385th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,300,166 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sombolo are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sombolo is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 38 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 862 people, or 1 in 85,707. Apart from The DR Congo Sombolo exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside and Benin, where 0 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
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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 Sombolo
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