Tombele Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Tombele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tombele (32) may also be a first name.
Tombele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tombele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tombele occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tombele? popularity and diffusion
Tombele is the 1,121,821st most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 59 percent of Tombele are found; 59 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 59 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held first name globally It is held by 32 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 64,202. In Papua New Guinea Tombele is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 55 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 18 percent reside and National Capital District, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Tombele occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 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
- 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 Tombele
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