Fimba Surname
Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname
Fimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 503 | 1:41,290 | 5,498 |
| Niger | 420 | 1:45,695 | 2,353 |
| Nigeria | 205 | 1:864,111 | 37,851 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Fimba (1,065) may also be a first name.
Fimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fimba is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fimba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fimba is the 318,950th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,212,742 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fimba are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 245,186th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,065 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 503 people, or 1 in 41,290. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 43 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 23 percent are found and South Region, where 19 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fimbay | 91 | 365 | / |
| Fimbai | 91 | 25 | / |
| Faimba | 91 | 3 | / |
| Fimbah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Feimba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Finmba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fmba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fimbaya | 83 | 22 | / |
| Fimbeau | 83 | 12 | / |
| Fiombéa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fhimbah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fiombea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fimbaha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fimbo | 80 | 8,088 | / |
| Fumba | 80 | 4,687 | / |
| Vimba | 80 | 1,970 | / |
| Femba | 80 | 318 | / |
| Fimbi | 80 | 110 | / |
| Finba | 80 | 27 | / |
| Fimby | 80 | 20 | / |
| Fimbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Fmbay | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fmbai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fimua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fimbault | 77 | 11 | / |
| Fimbeaut | 77 | 2 | / |
| Feumba | 73 | 1,314 | / |
| Phimba | 73 | 941 | / |
| Fumbah | 73 | 193 | / |
| Fimber | 73 | 61 | / |
| Fimbou | 73 | 55 | / |
| Fuemba | 73 | 54 | / |
| Viemba | 73 | 39 | / |
| Fiombi | 73 | 21 | / |
| Pfemba | 73 | 18 | / |
| Vimbai | 73 | 17 | / |
| Fumbai | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pfumba | 73 | 10 | / |
| Vaimba | 73 | 7 | / |
| Foimbi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fiembe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Finbaz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fuumba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fuimbi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Faimbe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fiombo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Finbah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Faimbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fumbha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Feamba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fimmbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fhumba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Finbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Finbay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vhimbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fnba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fmva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fiemboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faimbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fiemboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fembach | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fimba
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