Coumba Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Coumba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 317 | 1:12,918 | 1,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 101 | 1:228,428 | 9,360 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Senegal | 28 | 1:520,691 | 2,209 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Coumba (231,067) may also be a first name.
Coumba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coumba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coumba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺐ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Coumba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 591,720th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. Coumba occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Coumba reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Coumba is also the 4,541st most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 231,067 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 317 people, or 1 in 12,918. In Mauritania Coumba is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 16 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Mauritania Coumba exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent are found and France, where 11 percent are found.
Coumba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Coumba has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Coumba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Coumba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺐ | kmb | 83.2 |
| ﻛﻤﺒﺎ | kmba | 7.84 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺒﺎ | kwmba | 4.11 |
| ﻛﻤﺒﻪ | kmbh | 2.68 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺐ | kwmb | 1.75 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺒﻪ | kwmbh | 0.14 |
| ﻛﻤﺒﺔ | kmbt | 0.05 |
| ﻛﻤﺒﻰ | kmby | 0.02 |
| ﻗﻮﻣﺒﺎ | qwmba | 0.02 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺒﻲ | kwmby | 0.02 |
| ﻛﻨﺒﻪ | knbh | 0.02 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺒﻰ | kwmby | 0.02 |
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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 Coumba
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