Koumbe Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Koumbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Congo | 59 | 1:84,561 | 7,183 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Koumbe (274) may also be a first name.
Koumbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koumbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koumbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺐ) is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koumbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koumbe is the 1,118,459th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Koumbe are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Koumbe is also the 536,832nd most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 274 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 170,238. In Cameroon Koumbe is most numerous in: East Region, where 52 percent live, Littoral Region, where 20 percent live and Centre Region, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Koumbe exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 27 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koumbe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koumbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺐ | kmb | 75.86 |
| ﻛﻤﺒﻪ | kmbh | 15.52 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺐ | kwmb | 1.72 |
| ﻛﻨﻤﺐ | knmb | 1.72 |
| ﻛﻨﺒﻪ | knbh | 1.72 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺒﻰ | kwmby | 1.72 |
| ﻛﻮﻣﺒﻪ | kwmbh | 1.72 |
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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 Koumbe
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