Kumbu Surname
Approximately 21,420 people bear this surname
Kumbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 20,365 | 1:3,628 | 397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 343 | 1:23,772 | 2,611 |
| Kenya | 332 | 1:139,096 | 11,295 |
| Cameroon | 121 | 1:171,645 | 18,315 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Kümbü (13) are calculated separately.
Kumbu (1,242) may also be a first name.
Kumbu Demographics
Average Kumbu Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kumbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kumbu (Oriya: କୁୁ, Tibetan: སྐུམ་བུ་) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Kümbü. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumbu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kumbu is the 25,185th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 340,222 people. Kumbu occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kumbu are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 224,199th most common first name at a global level It is held by 1,242 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 20,365 people, or 1 in 3,628. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Kumbu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kumbu last name is chiefly Christian (75%) in Kenya.
Kumbu earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaumbu | 91 | 3,725 | / |
| Khumbu | 91 | 221 | / |
| Kumbui | 91 | 197 | / |
| Kumbuh | 91 | 73 | / |
| Kuimbu | 91 | 41 | / |
| Keumbu | 91 | 34 | / |
| Kumbhu | 91 | 25 | / |
| Kumbau | 91 | 20 | / |
| Kumbou | 91 | 14 | / |
| Kumbuu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Koumbu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kuumbu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kumbud | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kumbuz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kuhmbu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kümbü | 87 | 13 | / |
| Koumbou | 83 | 713 | / |
| Kahumbu | 83 | 548 | / |
| Keumbou | 83 | 325 | / |
| Khumbuu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Koumbeu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kuembou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Keumbeu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kuimbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khumbut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koumbuh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kimbu | 80 | 1,572 | / |
| Kombu | 80 | 1,435 | / |
| Kunbu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Cumbu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kumvu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kumbusch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kumb'hou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koumboud | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuhmbuch | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kombou | 73 | 2,204 | / |
| Kimbau | 73 | 442 | / |
| Kimbui | 73 | 289 | / |
| Cumbus | 73 | 278 | / |
| Kombau | 73 | 38 | / |
| Kombuy | 73 | 30 | / |
| Kimbuy | 73 | 27 | / |
| Kumboe | 73 | 26 | / |
| Kuimvu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Kunbui | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kunbus | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kunbud | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kimbhu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kiembu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kunbuz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kombui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cumbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cuembu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cumbut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khunbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keutimbeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khunbut | 67 | 120 | / |
| Cumbuss | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kombuha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khumboo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cumbaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koumboe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kimmbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuchembuch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coumbus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quimbui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cumbuys | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cumbust | 67 | 0 | / |
Kumbu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kumbu in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁୁ | kuu | 66.67 |
| କୁଂବୁ | kumbu | 33.33 |
| Kumbu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྐུམ་བུ་ | kumbu | 60.63 |
| སྐུམ་བུ། | kumbu | 21.26 |
| ཀུམ་བུ་ | kumbu | 13.78 |
| ཀུམ་བུ། | kumbu | 3.15 |
| སྐུམ་བུ | kumbu | 0.39 |
| ཀ྄མ་བུ། | kmbu | 0.39 |
| སྐ྄མ་བུ་ | kmbu | 0.39 |
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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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- 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 Kumbu
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