Fuambe Surname

91,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Fuambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fuambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5,1931:7,5181,313
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Fuambe (90) may also be a first name.

Fuambe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fuambe is found most in Uganda. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Fuambe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuambe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 91,662nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,395,547 people. Fuambe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fuambe reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Fuambe is also the 1,005,046th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 90 people.

The surname Fuambe is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 5,193 people, or 1 in 7,518. In Uganda Fuambe is primarily found in: Nebbi District, where 41 percent live, Zombo District, where 35 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 10 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fuamber921/
Fuambeh921/
Fuamba833,685/
Fwambe83356/
Buambe8327/
Fuambi8324/
Fuanbe831/
Fwamba677,898/
Buambi67144/
Fwambi675/
Fwanbe672/
Fwombe671/
Buambai629/
Fuanewe625/
Fuamwai623/
Buhambi621/
Fuanbui621/
Bwombe5032/
Buamui502/
Bbamwe502/
Buanue501/
Bbambi501/

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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 Fuambe
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