Zomba Surname

87,277th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Zomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zomba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,1171:8,0861,225
DR Congo1,8201:40,5934,995
South Africa3891:139,27416,054
India3011:2,548,39080,848
Zimbabwe2721:56,7588,599
Bhutan1881:3,277203
Tanzania1101:481,28732,644
Zambia1041:152,40310,889
Burkina Faso541:339,8545,698
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
England11:55,718,059489,080
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Zomba (380) may also be a first name.

Zomba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zomba (Russian: Зомба, Tibetan: འཛོམས་བྷ།) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zomba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 87,277th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,322,124 people. The surname Zomba is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Zomba are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Zomba is also the 444,827th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 380 people.

This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 2,117 people, or 1 in 8,086. Aside from Malawi it occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

Zomba Last Name Statistics demography

Zomba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.56% less than the national average, earning R 112,728 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dzomba911,987/
Zoumba911,531/
Czomba91458/
Zombad91447/
Zhomba91145/
Zgomba9171/
Zombea9170/
Zombai9148/
Zombas9118/
Zombay919/
Zombah917/
Ziomba913/
Zombat911/
Szomba911/
Szombat83589/
Dziomba83396/
Zoumbay8365/
Zoumbai8336/
Zoumbas8317/
Dzoumba8316/
Zoumbaï837/
Zotimba835/
Zombach832/
Zombaad831/
Zoumbah831/
Zhombad831/
Zombeah831/
Zombath831/
Szombay831/
Dzombas831/
Zumba8026,768/
Zamba8014,063/
Zemba8013,798/
Comba8012,619/
Somba8011,631/
Zombo8010,092/
Zombe803,690/
Jomba80677/
Zombi80233/
Zombó8099/
Zámba8048/
Zonba8012/
Szombath77666/
Szombach7739/
Ziombaud771/
Chomba7352,778/
Sombat7312,557/
Ziemba739,681/
Dzombo736,213/
Sombai732,071/
Zambas731,336/
Shomba731,185/
Dzamba73692/
Coumba73527/
Zambad73463/
Zumbay73417/
Tsomba73317/
Džomba73315/
Zhomwa73308/
Zumbad73293/
Zhamba73188/
Zombou73181/
Zambaz73179/
Djomba73166/
Zsámba73162/
Ziamba73152/
Zomber73131/
Combay73130/
Çombaş73117/
Jombai7399/
Soimba7396/
Zsemba7395/
Zoumbe7386/
Zombie7384/
Dzemba7383/
Žgomba7378/
Combaj7372/
Sombah7366/
Soumba7363/
Zambai7362/
Sombga7361/
Sombay7355/
Zsombó7349/
Zoumbo7344/
Zsamba7339/
Zembah7337/
Zhemba7332/
Sombea7328/
Zambea7327/
Coomba7326/
Ciomba7324/
Zombos7322/
Coimba7316/
Zambah7314/
Czemba7310/
Zambaa737/
Ssomba737/
Zhombe736/
Zombey735/
Zombot735/
Joumba735/
Zambay734/
Combau734/
Zamboa734/
Sombad733/
Comboa733/
Soomba733/
Ziumba732/
Sombha732/
Zombez732/
Zounba732/
Ziombe732/
Zombet732/
Zomboi732/
Zembaa732/
Somboa732/
Soemba732/
Zambat732/
Zembai732/
Ziombo732/
Zoombo732/
Zzamba732/
Tcomba732/
Jombaa732/
Jombas732/
Scomba732/
Zumbai732/
Jombha731/
Combea731/
Zombid731/
Zoumbi731/
Zumbaa731/
Zumbau731/
Zaemba731/
Zgamba731/
Zonbah731/
Zumbas731/
Zambau731/
Zhumba731/
Zoenba731/
Zombei731/
Zomboh731/
Zonmbo731/
Zumbaz731/
Sohmba731/
Sgomba731/
Siomba731/
Dsomba731/
Zombiy731/
Tzamba731/
Zomwai731/
Sombau731/
Combai731/
Zoumbahai7110/
Tshomba676,839/
Tchomba676,339/
Djoumba673,156/
Combeau672,310/
Zumbach671,257/
Zoumbey67877/
Czombos67374/
Dziamba67342/
Zambaux67253/
Choomba67203/
Zoumbou67193/
Soumbai67154/
Dzhombe67134/
Zambach67104/
Ziomber6794/
Zgambau6756/
Sombach6749/
Dzambas6744/
Zambeau6743/
Zembaha6732/
Zumbaya6730/
Chombay6726/
Jhombad6720/
Zambeat6719/
Tsoumba6719/
D'Zombe6716/
Zoumbos6714/
Zambaya6713/
Sombait6711/
Dzhombo6711/
Zhambau6710/
Tcoumba6710/
Zutemba6710/
Chombah679/
Zoumbie679/
Zhambay678/
Coombay678/
Zoumboi678/
Zomberh678/
Soumbas676/
Szombayová676/
Jombach675/
Choumba675/
Zambaia675/
Sombatt674/
Sombhai674/
Zheemba674/
Zatemba674/
Czomboš674/
Chombai673/
Zhambas673/
Dzsamba673/
Csombai673/
Sombhaa673/
Zhumbay672/
Zoymbos672/
Zoumbei672/
Zoumboh672/
Sombhas672/
Dzhumba671/
Zhambai671/
Zombitz671/
Shombai671/
Shombha671/
Coombea671/
Zomwhea671/
Zoumbot671/
Zoumboy671/
Zounbay671/
Zotembi671/
Zotimbi671/
Zombuoh671/
Sosemba671/
Tsombas671/
Tsombea671/
Gioumba671/
Djombai671/
Dzembea671/
Dzhamba671/
Dziumba671/
Chombat671/
Chombaz671/
Johnmba671/
Jonmbai671/
Dzomboh671/
Tsiomba671/
Sotemba671/
Sotimba671/
Zounbat671/
Sotmbat671/
Zosimbo671/
Zambatt671/
Jombeau670/
Chombas670/

Zomba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zomba in the Tibetan language
འཛོམས་བྷ།dzombha28.57
འཛོམས་བཱ།dzomba24.68
འཛོམས་བ།dzomwa24.03
འཛོམས་བྷ་dzombha5.19
འཛོམས་བ་dzomwa5.19
འཛོམས་པ།dzompa4.55
འཛོམས་པ་dzompa3.25
འཛོམས་བཱ་dzomba1.3
འཛོམས་་པ་dzompa0.65
འཛོམས་dzom0.65
འཛོམས་བྷdzombha0.65
འཛོམས་བdzomwa0.65
འཛོམས་སྦ།dzomba0.65
Zomba in the Russian language
Зомбаzomba-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Zomba
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis