Macumbe Surname

51,759th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Macumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique9,8881:2,757667
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Macumbe Last Name Facts

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

Macumbe is carried by more people in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Macumbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 51,759th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 736,413 people. The last name Macumbe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Macumbe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Mozambique, where it is borne by 9,888 people, or 1 in 2,757. Besides Mozambique this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

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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 Macumbe
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