Nangombe
surname · Swahili · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Nangombe is a surname, most frequently recorded in Kenya. In Namibia it is the 17th most common surname. It appears chiefly in Swahili and English, written in the Latin script.
- NANamibia1 in 487◐
- KEKenya1 in 222K
- AOAngola1 in 388K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 221 ●
- Sources
- 10 ●
in 5 countries
279 records
Official registry-verified
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Nang'Ombe in KE Kenya.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | — | 172 | 18 rec. | — | — | Nang'Ombe | 6 |
| NA Namibia | #17 | 65 | 226 rec. | — | 3 | Nangombe | 10 |
| US United States | — | 16 | 17 rec. | — | — | Nangombe | 10 |
| ZM Zambia | — | 8 | 0 rec. | — | — | Nangombe | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 7 | 6 rec. | — | — | Nangombe | 5 |
| AO Angola | — | 5 | 3 rec. | — | — | Nangombe | 4 |
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Languages●
- Swahili17169%
- English5020%
- Portuguese94%
- French52%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Swahili | 171 | 69% |
| English | 50 | 20% |
| Portuguese | 9 | 4% |
| French | 5 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA Namibia | ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates | 2025 | 3 | #13 |
| NA Namibia | ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates | 2025 | 1 | #23 |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Nangombe?
- Our records include 221 bearers of Nangombe across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Nangombe have the most bearers?
- Nangombe is most frequently recorded in Kenya, where it is most often spelled nang'ombe.
- How common is Nangombe compared with other names?
- In Namibia, Nangombe is the 17th most common surname of 642 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nangombe” — the 17th most common surname in Namibia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.