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
The last name Coumba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺐ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coumba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 591,720th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Coumba live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 4,541st most common given name worldwide, held by 231,067 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 12,918. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 16 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 12 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent reside and France, where 11 percent reside.
Coumba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Coumba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Coumba last name contracted 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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- 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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