Karumbu Surname

51,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Karumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo9,8651:7,489924
Namibia1031:23,3923,929
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karumbu (185) may also be a first name.

Karumbu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karumbu has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karumbu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 51,281st most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 728,973 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karumbu are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Karumbu is also the 669,105th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 185 people.

Karumbu is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 9,865 people, or 1 in 7,489. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karumbut934/
Karimbu86162/
Karombu861/
Karimbui804/
Carumbus801/
Karimbou801/
Korimbu711/
Kouroumbou711/
Korombou671/
Koutroumbou671/
Carimbão531/

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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 Karumbu
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