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་) is most common in The DR Congo. It can appear as: Kümbü. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumbu? popularity and diffusion
Kumbu is the 25,185th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held 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. Kumbu is also the 224,199th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,242 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 20,365 people, or 1 in 3,628. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Kumbu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kumbu surname is principally 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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