Iyambe Surname
Approximately 2,970 people bear this surname
Iyambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,764 | 1:26,729 | 3,352 |
| Cameroon | 156 | 1:133,135 | 14,968 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Iyambe (74) may also be a first name.
Iyambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyambe occurs most in The DR Congo. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyambe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 148,804th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,453,719 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyambe are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 74 people.
It is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,764 people, or 1 in 26,729. Aside from The DR Congo it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Iyambe
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