Kembung Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kembung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kembung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2551:518,62442,226
Cameroon2311:89,90910,801
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Kembung (10) may also be a first name.

Kembung Last Name Facts

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

Kembung is found most in Indonesia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kembung? popularity and diffusion

Kembung is the 628,294th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Kembung are found; 52 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 52 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kembung is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 10 people.

It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 518,624. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Bali, where 60 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 36 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 2 percent live. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 47 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kemboung932/
Kembong86286/
Kimbung86263/
Kambung8682/
Kombung8618/
Cembung867/
Khmbung861/
Khambung8034/
Kimbuing802/
Kembonkg801/
Kambaung801/
Kimbong71287/
Kenbong714/
Qombung711/
Khimbong673/
Quembong671/
Khimvung671/
Kinbong577/
Quimbong531/

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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 Kembung
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