Himbe Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Himbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Himbe (15) may also be a first name.
Himbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Himbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Himbe occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Himbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Himbe is the 2,237,939th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Himbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Himbe reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Himbe is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon Himbe is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 71 percent reside, West Region, where 24 percent reside and East Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Himbe
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