Tompwe Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Iceland

Tompwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tompwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Tompwe (3) may also be a first name.

Tompwe Last Name Facts

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

Tompwe occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tompwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tompwe live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tompwe is also the 7,463,778th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 3 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 73,879,570. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 33 percent are found and Zambia, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tombwe83320/
Tampwe8334/
Tompwa831/
Tompoue771/
Tambwe6766,424/
Tumbwe674,099/
Tembwe672,370/
Tombwa67206/
Tombue6713/
Tampwa675/
Tombve671/

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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 Tompwe
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