Engamba Surname

224,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,808 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Engamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Engamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,6641:12,4811,682
Congo961:51,9704,780
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
France101:6,642,272293,169
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Engamba (107) may also be a first name.

Engamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Engamba is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Engamba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 224,900th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,030,722 people. Engamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Engamba live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 107 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,664 people, or 1 in 12,481. In Cameroon Engamba is primarily concentrated in: South Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 32 percent live and Littoral Region, where 13 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

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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 Engamba
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