Tombela Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tombela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tombela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2071:261,72826,279
Indonesia551:2,404,531143,692
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tombela (12) may also be a first name.

Tombela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tombela is found most in South Africa. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tombela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 841,044th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Tombela live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tombela is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name globally It is held by 12 people.

The last name Tombela is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 261,728. In South Africa Tombela is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and North West, where 17 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.

Tombela Last Name Statistics demography

Tombela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.22% less than the national average, earning R 134,940 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 Tombela
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