Femben Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Femben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Femben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon281:741,75252,682
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Femben Last Name Facts

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

The last name Femben has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Femben? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Femben are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Femben is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 86 percent are found, West Region, where 7 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fembenne861/
Fomben83218/
Fimben831/
Famben830/
Feunben772/
Fembuin771/
Fimbuen771/
Fhymbeen712/
Vamben67195/
Fombin67118/
Fambin6714/
Fenbin672/
Venben671/
Fimbem671/
Phamben624/
Fynbeen622/
Fenbing621/
Fenweng621/
Fmvn601/
Fhymbeem571/
Vimbienė571/
Phimbeng571/
Phetmueng535/

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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 Femben
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