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 carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Kembung click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kembung? popularity and diffusion

Kembung is the 628,294th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. The last name Kembung is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Kembung reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 518,624. In Indonesia Kembung is most numerous in: Bali, where 60 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 36 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 47 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Kembung
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