Kimbung Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kimbung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kimbung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2441:85,11910,334
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Kimbung (15) may also be a first name.

Kimbung Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kimbung occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kimbung.

How Common Is The Last Name Kimbung? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 980,795th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kimbung reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kimbung is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 15 people.

Kimbung is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 85,119. In Cameroon Kimbung is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 81 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 11 percent are found and West Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Kimbung occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kimbuing932/
Kembung86487/
Kimbong86287/
Kumbung86112/
Khmbung861/
Khimbong803/
Kemboung802/
Khimvung801/
Khumbung801/
Kembong71286/
Cembung717/
Kinbong717/
Kembonkg671/
Quimbong671/
Kenbong574/
Quembong531/

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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 Kimbung
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