Yiwombe Surname
Approximately 928 people bear this surname
Yiwombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 915 | 1:18,709 | 2,930 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
Yiwombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiwombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yiwombe has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiwombe? popularity and diffusion
Yiwombe is the 383,389th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,852,959 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yiwombe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Yiwombe is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 915 people, or 1 in 18,709. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwombe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yiwomba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Yibombea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iwambe | 77 | 749 | / |
| Ewombe | 77 | 617 | / |
| Ibombe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Iwumbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Iwembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ywembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ywambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yiwamba | 71 | 27 | / |
| Iwamber | 71 | 24 | / |
| Iwambeh | 71 | 17 | / |
| Hiwumbe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Iwuambe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ewomber | 71 | 3 | / |
| Iwombit | 71 | 3 | / |
| Iwambet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iwambee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ewombey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Giwambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iboumbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iwanmbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iwuambeh | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Yiwombe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis