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
The last name Fimba is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fimba? popularity and diffusion
Fimba is the 318,950th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 6,212,742 people. The surname Fimba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fimba live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 245,186th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,065 people.
The last name Fimba is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 503 people, or 1 in 41,290. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 43 percent live, Northwest Region, where 23 percent live and South Region, where 19 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 36 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 percent live.
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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