Sombur Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sombur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sombur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712

Sombur (23) may also be a first name.

Sombur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sombur Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sombur (Hindi: सोमवीर) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sombur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Sombur reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Sombur is most common in: Gauteng, where 97 percent are found and Free State, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found.

Sombur Last Name Statistics demography

Sombur earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.09% more than the national average, earning R 292,500 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soombur9217/
Sombutr9216/
Somburt921/
Soumbur921/
Sombure921/
Soumbour861/
Sambur833,568/
Sembur8397/
Sombor8343/
Sonbur8319/
Sumbur836/
Jombur836/
Combur832/
Schomburt802/
Soumboure801/
Sambour77194/
Sambure77103/
Shambur7742/
Samburh7723/
Shombor779/
Szambur778/
Sembour777/
Sumbure776/
Coombur774/
Sambaur773/
Sambutr773/
Siombor771/
Szombor771/
Szembur771/
Somboor771/
Sonbutr771/
Seumbur771/
Shambour7164/
Shamburh715/
Shumbure714/
Sounbour712/
Samboure712/
Sonbhure712/
Chombutr711/
Sonburth711/
Schombor711/
Shambure711/
Sambor672,921/
Sanbur671,049/
Cambur671,016/
Samburova67812/
Jambur67788/
Zombor67614/
Sambór67125/
Zambur6791/
Sumburova6722/
Sumbor6718/
Sonbor671/
Schambure671/

Sombur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sombur in the Hindi language
सोमवीरsomavira-

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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 Sombur
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