Kambek Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kambek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1121:72,8019,515
Indonesia401:3,306,230179,945
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kambek (60) may also be a first name.

Kambek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kambek occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,333,288th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Kambek live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kambek is also the 1,270,172nd most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 60 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 72,801. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: New Ireland, where 42 percent reside, Western, where 33 percent reside and Milne Bay, where 9 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent reside and Estonia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kambeke92535/
Kambeck92355/
Kaimbek925/
Kaumbek925/
Khambek921/
Kasembek8610/
Kombek83127/
Kanbek8343/
Kambik8340/
Kembek836/
Cambek836/
Kömbek833/
Kambeg832/
Kambekova8019/
Kombeke77159/
Kambick7730/
Kambaik7724/
Khanbek777/
Khambik774/
Kombiek774/
Kambiok773/
Kaynbek771/
Khembek771/
Cambekk771/
Kambäck771/
Kasmbeg771/
Kembeck770/
Khambekova7560/
Kaumbekova7548/
Kaimbekova758/
Kaymbekova751/
Kasembeg7126/
Kauynbek711/
Kasynbek711/
Kahambyk711/
Khanbeik711/
Kasinbek711/
Kambegue711/
Kemmbeck710/
Canbek672,481/
Kambic67438/
Kanbekova67233/
Kambegova6792/
Kombeg6714/
Kombik6714/
Kombekova6713/
Kamvik6711/
Kembik6711/
Kembeg675/
Kambikova675/
Combek671/

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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 Kambek
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