Tsombe Surname

1,159,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 206 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tsombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Uganda581:673,09134,310
Kenya121:3,848,32540,366
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Tsombe (126) may also be a first name.

Tsombe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tsombe occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsombe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,159,732nd most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. The surname Tsombe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsombe live; 62 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most common forename at a global level It is held by 126 people.

This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 28 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.

Tsombe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshombe921,645/
Tsombea921/
Tschombe868/
Tshoombe864/
Tsambe8310,068/
Tjombe83885/
Tsomba83317/
Tsembe83146/
Tsombi8362/
Tsumbe8338/
Tzombe831/
Tcombe831/
Tshoumbea801/
Tshomba776,839/
Tchombe772,696/
Tshembe77501/
Tsembea77236/
Tshambe7784/
Tsembee7743/
Tshumbe7741/
Tshombi7727/
Tsoumba7719/
Tsiembe776/
Tsambee775/
Tsiomba771/
Tsambeh771/
Tshombé771/
Tsembei771/
Tsembey771/
Combe7314,924/
Zombe733,690/
Tchoumbe7190/
Tchombea711/
Tshambez711/
Coombe676,761/
Tsamba676,710/
Chombe676,600/
Tsumba675,898/
Dzombe671,807/
Combey671,783/
Tsambi67991/
Combee67931/
Coumbe67600/
Combei67293/
Tsumbi67173/
Combie67146/
Zoumbe6786/
Zombie6784/
Zombea6770/
Tjambe6727/
Tsomwa6715/
Tchoumbet676/
Zhombe676/
Zombey675/
Tcomba672/
Tsanbe672/
Combea671/
Tsamwe671/
Zombei671/
Zsembe671/
Tshaumbea671/
Dsomba671/
Ciombe671/
Commbe671/
Dsambe671/

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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 Tsombe
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