Fenbe Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fenbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fenbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Fenbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fenbe occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fenbe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Fenbe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fenbe reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Chadic Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 94 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Cameroon Fenbe occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fenbeu911/
Fenbee910/
Fenber910/
Fembe80841/
Fenby80567/
Venbe8029/
Fenwe802/
Fenbi801/
Fenba801/
Fember73139/
Fembes7333/
Finber739/
Venmbe736/
Venbee735/
Fuembe734/
Fiembe733/
Fenwei732/
Pfembe732/
Fembet731/
Fennue731/
Finbey730/
Fenwer730/
Finbhe730/
Fynberh675/
Fnba671/
Vnbe671/
Femmber671/
Fienbih671/
Fenouer670/
Phenbes670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fenbe
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