Gulumba Surname

316,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Gulumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gulumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,1501:14,8862,336
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Gulumba (16) may also be a first name.

Gulumba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gulumba is found most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gulumba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 316,633rd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,155,022 people. The last name Gulumba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gulumba reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Gulumba is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 16 people.

The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,150 people, or 1 in 14,886. Not including Malawi this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngulumba93618/
Gulumbay9342/
Ulumba9284/
Ngullumba884/
Gouloumba881/
Hulumba86410/
Gulumbe86165/
Golumba8683/
Gulumbi8669/
Gulimba8611/
Gulomba8610/
Gilumba862/
Ngulumbi80202/
Ngulumbe8023/
Ngulumwa802/
Olumba771,695/
Ulumbo77664/
Ulomba7745/
Gouloumbo759/
Gulusembe751/
Gouloumwa751/
Houloumba751/
Golomba71363/
Oloumba7183/
Gilimba717/
Golumbo717/
Ngouloumbi716/
Olumbah714/
Olunmba713/
Golumbi711/
Gulombi711/
Gulunbe711/
Gullombo671/
Gülümbay671/
Ngulunwa671/

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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 Gulumba
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