Chumb Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

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

Chumb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chumb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Chumb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chumb has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chumb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chumb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chumb is the 1,765,740th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chumb live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schumb9131/
Cheumb911/
Tchumb911/
Humb8964/
Cumb896/
Humbs80202/
Houmb80111/
Chump8032/
Chimb8014/
Khumb808/
Shumb802/
Humbd801/
Caumb801/
Jhumb801/
Coumb801/
Haumb801/
Chomb801/
Chumpe73329/
Schump73214/
Tshumb73157/
Chaump73122/
Shumbh735/
Khumbh732/
Shumbs731/
Houmbd731/
Schomb730/
Comb67793/
Sumb67496/
Homb67278/
Schumpp67231/
Schumpf67107/
Schumph6767/
Cump6751/
Hump6746/
Schumpe6736/
Schaump6731/
Humbsch6724/
Jumb6721/
Zumb675/
Cunb672/
Schumps671/
Tchoump671/
Cumbova671/
Xumb671/
Hunb670/
Cumf670/

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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 Chumb
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