Tombu Surname

510,276th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Estonia

Tombu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tombu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3251:545,05526,640
Belgium1211:95,01414,658
France921:721,98690,334
Indonesia321:4,132,787209,071
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Tombu (148) may also be a first name.

Tombu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tombu (Russian: Томбу, Tibetan: སྟོམས་བུ།) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tombu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tombu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 510,276th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 11,369,026 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Tombu are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 757,758th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 148 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 545,055. In Nigeria Tombu is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 97 percent are found, Kogi, where 1 percent are found and Oyo, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Tombu is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 19 percent are found and France, where 14 percent are found.

Tombu Last Name Statistics demography

Tombu earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 22.2% more than the national average, earning $60,712 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tombou91350/
Tombuş91113/
Tombeu9148/
Tombuu9135/
Tombus9123/
Tombui9123/
Thombu9119/
Tombuh9113/
Toombu9112/
Toumbu913/
Tombut912/
Tombud912/
Tommbu911/
Toumbou83982/
Tombeux83154/
Tombush8311/
Tombout832/
Tombult831/
Tuombuh831/
Tombeud831/
Tombouh831/
Tohmbuh831/
Toumbeu831/
Thombou831/
Tambu804,387/
Tumbu803,766/
Tembu801,799/
Tonbu804/
Tomvu802/
Tombusch777/
Toumbout777/
Thoumbou772/
Tombault771/
Tombauch770/
Tambou731,702/
Thambu73495/
Thumbu73468/
Tumbuh73438/
Tambus73362/
Tambuh73262/
Tambud73233/
Thembu73191/
Tumbut73179/
Tambut73105/
Tambui73104/
Tembuh7359/
Tambau7355/
Tambeu7350/
Tumbau7349/
Tembau7347/
Tembeu7342/
Tumbus7341/
Tembui7318/
Tumbui7316/
Taambu7315/
Tambhu7310/
Tonbus737/
Tumbeu734/
Tonbou734/
Taumbu732/
Tambuy732/
Tomboo732/
Thomvu732/
Tumbud732/
Tambuu732/
Tonbut732/
Tammbu731/
Tumbuy731/
Tunmbu731/
Teumbu731/
Tonbuh731/
Tonbuş731/
Thomwu731/
Tumbou731/
Ttumbu731/
Tambuz731/
Thambou67390/
Thonbut6782/
Teumbou6772/
Tambuğa6766/
Tumbush6733/
Tambous6728/
Tounbou6716/
Teumbeu6716/
Tambaud6715/
Tonboup678/
Thumbhu675/
Thambau674/
Tumbudh674/
Tambouh673/
Tumbuis673/
Tambutt672/
Tambouz672/
Tambuha671/
Tambush671/
Taumbui671/
Tambult671/
Tumbuit671/
Tahambu671/
Tambout671/
Tamboux671/
Tonbgou671/
Tonbouh671/
Toumvou671/
Tanmbeu671/
Gytambu671/
Tomvouh671/
Toonbut671/
Thambus671/
Tumbuch670/

Tombu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tombu in the Tibetan language
སྟོམས་བུ།tombu-
Tombu in the Russian language
Томбуtombu-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tombu
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