Kumb Surname

373,124th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 961 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kumb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kumb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea5351:15,2411,474
India3071:2,498,58479,775
Germany761:1,059,28271,604
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kumb (294) may also be a first name.

Kumb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kumb (Hindi: कुम्ब) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kumb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 373,124th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,583,294 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Kumb are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kumb is also the 514,566th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 294 people.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 535 people, or 1 in 15,241. In Papua New Guinea Kumb is mostly found in: Jiwaka, where 64 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 25 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 7 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaumb891,353/
Kumbh89226/
Kuimb89123/
Koumb8937/
Khumb898/
Kumbz891/
Khumbh802/
Hkaumb800/
Kump753,224/
Komb752,884/
Kimb75202/
Cumb756/
Kunb754/
Kumv751/
Kumbova734/
Kuitemb734/
Kumpf673,828/
Kumpe67570/
Kaump67137/
Kumph6779/
Khimb6718/
Kumpp679/
Kuimp678/
Cumbs675/
Quimb675/
Koump675/
Kumpt674/
Koumbová671/
Kombh671/
Kunbh671/
Caumb671/
Cuemb671/
Coumb671/
Kaunb671/
Kkump671/
Koumbowa671/
Kombp671/
Kounb671/
Khump671/
Keump670/
Kuhnb670/

Kumb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kumb in the Hindi language
कुम्बkumba-

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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 Kumb
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